Scam proceeds financed fentanyl trafficking. The Office of Foreign Assets Control in the Department of the Treasury sanctioned eight Mexican companies and three members of the Jalisco Cartel…
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Legislation Would Address Fentanyl Epidemic
Similar bills were introduced in both House and Senate. Representative Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin introduced a bill to address the ongoing opioid epidemic, particularly fentanyl-related substances. A Senate version…
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House Begins Hearings on Border Issues
Judiciary Committee opens formal investigations Wednesday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky is set to launch investigations into immigration issues at the southern border on Wednesday. …
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Treasury Sanctions Members of Mexican Drug Cartel
Co-leaders of a drug smuggling cartel banned from American trade. The Department of the Treasury sanctioned the Mexican drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana last week, blocking its…
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Representative McCarthy Going to Border
Says he’s going “to get a new update.” U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House minority leader and potentially the next Speaker, announced that he will be…
Read MoreCBP Seizes Hundreds of Thousands More Fentanyl Pills
A portion of the smuggled pills look like candy. Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona found thousands of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills smugglers tried to bring into the…
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Border Patrol Dog Sniffs Out Fentanyl in Burritos
Food proves not to be a deterrent for canines. A canine with the Yuma Sector Border Patrol sniffed out packages of fentanyl hidden within breakfast burritos recently at…
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