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Commands warn fentanyl and cartels remain major homeland threats; interdiction improves but gaps persist
Summary
NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM leaders told the House committee that interdiction activity is at record pace for some drugs, that fentanyl deaths remain high, and that maritime and intelligence gaps limit how much trafficking can be stopped.
House members pressed U.S. Northern Command and Southern Command leaders about the flow of narcotics and the lethal toll of fentanyl during the posture hearing.
Admiral Alvin Halsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said maritime interdiction operations are on a record pace: "we have been very deliberate with JAD of South which is a gold standard for interdiction and they have been able to stop record pace at this point. Over 190 metric tons. We're on a record pace to exceed what we did last year." He also told the committee "we typically can action about 10% of…
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