Posted on 05/05/2023 6:59:09 AM PDT by Twotone
China is selling “industrial pill press equipment” used to turn powdered fentanyl into pills to Mexican cartels, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official’s testimony Wednesday.
Over 70,000 people died of drug overdoses involving fentanyl in the United States in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Matthew Millhollin, assistant director with DHS’ Homeland Security Investigations, (HSI) briefed Senate members on what steps DHS is taking to combat the illicit fentanyl trade.
Millhollin said the Mexican cartels, using chemicals obtained from China, produce fentanyl-laced pills on an industrial scale to be smuggled to the United States.
“In order to manufacture these pills, Mexican cartels require industrial pill press equipment to turn powdered fentanyl into pill form. The Mexican cartels are purchasing these pill presses directly from Chinese manufacturers who are producing the equipment specifically for illicit activity,” said Millhollin during the testimony.
“Moreover, as Mexican Cartels have taken over fentanyl production and operate on an industrial scale, they are procuring precursor chemicals from China and synthesizing these chemicals in Mexico to produce fentanyl,” said Millhollin during the testimony.
In April, during a visit with Mexican government officials, China denied their involvement in the trafficking of fentanyl to Mexico and blamed the problem on the United States, according to an ABC News report.
“The pill presses that are used to press that finished fentanyl into pills are coming in from China exclusively. We just seized over 200 pill presses at a warehouse in Los Angeles. This came in directly from China. This problem begins and ends in China,” said Millhollin in the testimony.
Of course they are.
Opium Wars, part III
I read.. sometime.. back it was over 100k.
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Have you guys thought about closing the border?
Don’t get all excited just yet.
The cartels will probably just kill all the workers the first time they try to run the machines.
The Mexicans won’t implement nor enforce the safety protocols necessary to process such a toxic drug.
They’re probably replacing them with faster more efficient machines.
I read.. sometime back.. it was over 100k.
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Any moment now our resident psychopaths will shown up and tell us how the 100k mostly young white kids deserve to die for being idiots.
“”on what steps DHS is taking to combat the illicit fentanyl trade.””
What a joke!!! Mayorkas will do bupkis? Why would anyone even give him the time of day when he continues to say there isn’t any crisis at our southern border? Someone said he’s going there for two days? FOR WHAT?
And who is at fault for allowing them into our country ?
“”The Mexicans won’t implement nor enforce the safety protocols necessary to process such a toxic drug.””
That’s a mystery to me now...How are they handling something that is that toxic to get it in the pipeline to the U. S.?
I guess we could send OSHA down to oversee the safety of their production?
They will. The bad the great blessing of having a Goldly RN open my eyes to these victims. They probably chose the first few hits. But addiction is powerful. The dealers have reason to get them to the edge of death high.
I’ve known some of these people well. Normal people? But with a problem. I wouldn’t trade one of them for 100 of these scum who cheer their deaths from the safety of their keyboards.
Hopefully the cartels buy the equipment to sugar coat the pills.
Then you are at least somewhat safer merely touching the pill.
Don’t worry your pretty little heads. Our leader got his 10% from the Chinks.
Bkmk
They are fighting a war with us as we buy their cheap crap.
107,000 went over the edge, just last year.
I’d bet $1 it’ll be higher this year.
aaaand the ‘No Shit Sherlock’ award of the day goes to Jason Piccolo at The Daily Caller
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