The president of Mexico says 'a lack of hugs and embraces' are to blame for the ongoing U.S. fentanyl crisis, which kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.
Mexican President André Manuel López Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City Feb. 28, 2023.and then smuggled in across the land border, primarily at ports of entry, but also between ports.
There were 14,000 pounds of the drug seized last fiscal year at the southern border and more than 11,000 pounds this fiscal year so far. There were over 70,000 deaths recorded due to fentanyl in the U.S. in 2021, according to the National Institute of Health.Attorney General Merrick Garland
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