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| DEA quietly removes narco-busting aircraft from Mexico as drug overdoses skyrocket |
| 2022-05-13 |
| [BIZPACREVIEW] As overdose-induced deaths skyrocket to record highs in the U.S, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has quietly relocated a plane fundamental to anti-narcotics operations in Mexico, according to Rooters. The DEA plane was moved to Texas after Mexican officials revoked its parking spot, according to an anonymous U.S. government official and two security sources, Rooters reported. The move coincides with new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that shows over 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses in 2021, which is a 15% increase from 2020 and a 30% increase from 2019 driven largely by the the use of fentanyl and methamphetamine. China is the primary source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the U.S., and the drug is often smuggled into the country at the southern border, according to the DEA. Border officials have seized record amounts of fentanyl from traffickers in 2022. The plane’s removal impacts the U.S.’s ability to combat organized crime inside the country, which could delay the extraditions of high-ranking cartel leaders, according to Rooters. The DEA has had an aircraft based in Mexico since the early 1990s to help carry out anti-cartel operations and transport both U.S. and Mexican agents in critical raids. "It will bring things to a halt," one of the security sources told Rooters. "We can’t drive through parts of Mexico, it’s too dangerous." The plane’s relocation is the latest blow to joint operations between the U.S. and Mexico to fight drug smuggling, Rooters reported. Relations have deteriorated since Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in 2018. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 It’s more imbedded. For a while now cartel and lots of high level criminals educate their kids in the highest level US schools and universities, most with citizenship, which gives them relationship networking and access to US and other foreign elites and untold opportunities to corrupt. It’s not just the media covering for Biden. |
| Posted by: Jefe101 2022-05-13 20:59 |
| #9 Things will quiet down upon Trump’s return, but the issue needs to be fixed for good. I think he will make it a priority. The news is not covering the rise in fentanyl deaths in a way that would reflect negatively on Biden, but it is out of control again as it was in Obama’s first two terms. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-05-13 12:17 |
| #8 The power of Chinese and Cartel money is greater than any fear of US response. Biden has made it clear that we will do nothing and the Mexicans are seeing the need to heed: "You decide... silver or lead?" Close the border, put the Army behind a fence, cease remittances, mandate E-Verify, cross reference IRS and Social Security databases for duplication of entry, lifetime exclusion of citizenship for all with illegal entry crimes, Watch the narcotics problem drop precipitously. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-05-13 11:31 |
| #7 I can't help feeling that a more Trumpian president would make Mexico an offer it could not refuse. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-13 11:04 |
| #6 Agree. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2022-05-13 09:16 |
| #5 The difference between the US - Mexico relationship and the Israel vs all their neighbors situation is that we have been able to treat Mexico and its troubles on our border like a nuisance as opposed to an existential threat. That's changing now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-13 09:04 |
| #4 Mexico is 'turning into' a narco-state. (Trying to avoid being an absolutist.) THAT said, prepare for war with Mexico. Arc light strikes, armor and infantry on the ground, and artillery prepping the area. FEBA will start at border, and will move south with time. Mexican 'officials' are compromised. This cancer must be excised. Spare nothing. When it is excised, China will be exposed. Expect Cuba and Venezuela to become involved. Maybe Russia. Consider moving this purge south, a lot. This has been in the wind for a long time. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2022-05-13 08:58 |
| #3 We're stepping up the game. Graphic depicts replacement platforms. The exact number, scheduling and flight tracks are classified. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-13 07:17 |
| #2 Shut the border down. Mexico understands that pain. Remember Kiki Camarena? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-05-13 06:41 |
| #1 The plane was obviously a threat to US urban drug and human trafficking commerce. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-13 01:14 |