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Experts Tell Judiciary Committee U.S. Drug Supply Involves China Precursors and Mexican Cartels; Cooperation With Mexico Urged
Summary
Scholars, law enforcement and senators discussed the international supply chain feeding fentanyl into the U.S., with testimony highlighting precursor chemicals traced to China, arms and money flows into Mexico, and the need for transnational cooperation and enforcement.
Witnesses and senators at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing debated how fentanyl reaches U.S. communities, focusing on precursor chemicals, cartel manufacturing in Mexico and firearms and money flows that sustain transnational criminal organizations.
Dr. Cecilia Farfan Mendez, an organized-crime and U.S.–Mexico security researcher, told the committee "The United States can only be safer, stronger, and prosperous if its neighbors are afforded the same…
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