Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Orders Its Members to Stop Moving Opioids Into America Emma Richter - Daily Mail
go to original October 17, 2023

An estimated 109,680 overdose deaths occurred last year in the United States, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 75,000 of those were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids that are pushed from Mexico to the states through cartels. (Reuters)

The leading Mexican fentanyl exporter to the US has sent a clear order to its cartel members to stop moving opioids into America.

The order comes as the Sinaloa Cartel has expressed concerns about the US law enforcement pressures and future arrests of its top leaders.

A faction of the cartel known as Los Chapitos, the group led by the four sons of the notorious drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán recently issued the order, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The decision to lay low comes as the Biden administration has pushed the Mexican government to be stricter with the cartel that has been feeding the illegal drug into the country and causing countless deaths.

The newest message from Los Chapitos comes after El Chapo's sons ordered the murders and kidnappings of street dealers who have failed to comply with a ban on the production and sale of fentanyl.

Since the January arrest of El Chapo's one son, Ovidio Guzmán, in Culiacán, cartel members have allegedly been killed for disregarding the ordered ban.

An estimated 109,680 overdose deaths occurred last year in the United States, according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 75,000 of those were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids that are pushed from Mexico to the states through cartels.

Ovidio was extradited to the United States on September 15 and appeared before a federal court judge three days later and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons charges.

In April, the US indicted the four brothers and two dozen of their associates.

A Wall Street Journal report added the Sinaloa Cartel is also halting its fentanyl production to push the US to crack down on its rival- Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

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Related: Mexico and China Seek to Stem Fentanyl’s Deadly Cross-Pacific Flow (Bloomberg)

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