{"id":7002,"date":"2025-02-18T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-announces-major-meth-seizure-in-cartel-heartland-amid-pressure-from-trump-to-curb-drug-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:27:46","slug":"mexico-announces-major-meth-seizure-in-cartel-heartland-amid-pressure-from-trump-to-curb-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mexico-announces-major-meth-seizure-in-cartel-heartland-amid-pressure-from-trump-to-curb-drug-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico announces major meth seizure in cartel heartland amid pressure from Trump to curb drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mexico announced Monday the seizure of 440 pounds of methamphetamine in a cartel heartland, as it comes under mounting <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-fentanyl-seizure-trump-tariff\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pressure from President Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> to tackle drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery was made during a weekend operation to dismantle illegal drug laboratories in the northwestern state of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/boys-killed-protests-sinaloa-mexico-cartel-violence\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa<\/a><\/span>, a government statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The value of the drugs seized was nearly $40 million, it said, adding that more than 3,170 gallons of chemical precursors used to make methamphetamine were also confiscated.<\/p>\n<p>The Latin American nation has announced a series of major drug discoveries in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to highlight increased efforts to combat drug smuggling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Mexico seizes over 4 tonnes of methamphetamines \" height=\"429\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/18\/050f0966-8cd5-46f5-8aea-aac8f32ef3f6\/thumbnail\/620x429\/a0aa4c25a2eb8ccef14cad50a1806ba6\/2025-02-17t035749z-314172078-rc2ovcavh9fr-rtrmadp-3-mexico-drugs.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/18\/050f0966-8cd5-46f5-8aea-aac8f32ef3f6\/thumbnail\/1240x858\/34dc0a31945b242f47bd8225c8ce53dc\/2025-02-17t035749z-314172078-rc2ovcavh9fr-rtrmadp-3-mexico-drugs.jpg?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Mexican army personnel wearing protective suits investigate a site which was used as laboratories, precursor storage centers and warehouses, after seizing over 4 metric tons of methamphetamines during an operation, in the community of Higueras de Abuya, in Sinaloa, Mexico February 16, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jesus Bustamante \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump has cited illegal flows of the deadly opioid fentanyl as one of the reasons for a threatened 25% tariff on Mexican goods.<\/p>\n<p>He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tariffs-mexico-troops\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">put the trade levies on hold<\/a><\/span> for a month, until early March, after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 more soldiers to the countries&#8217; shared border to tackle smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Since February 5, when the deployment began, Mexican authorities have seized 4.9 tons of methamphetamine, 453 kilos of cocaine, 55 kilos of fentanyl and 489 firearms, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Mexico&#8217;s government announced that it had seized <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-fentanyl-seizure-trump-tariff\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">18 kilos of fentanyl<\/a><\/span> hidden in a bus, and in December, the government announced what it called\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-largest-fentanyl-seizure-history\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;the largest seizure of fentanyl in history,&#8221;<\/a><\/span>\u00a0totaling more than one million pills.<\/p>\n<p>The synthetic opioid, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, has been linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico is one of the main trafficking routes for the drug and for the chemicals to manufacture it, most of which come from China, according to U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-fentanyl-drug-crisis-60-minutes-transcript\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration<\/a><\/span>\u00a0said that Mexican cartels are &#8220;at the heart&#8221; 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The powerful Sinaloa Cartel &#8220;dominates the fentanyl market through its manipulation of the global supply chain and the proliferation of clandestine fentanyl labs in Mexico,&#8221; it said in its 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment.<\/p>\n<p>But Sheinbaum has said\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fentanyl-production-mexico-president-trump-tariff\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">authorities have found no proof<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that fentanyl is being produced in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Sheinbaum <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-president-us-gunmakers-legal-action-cartels-designated-terrorist-groups\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warned U.S. gunmakers<\/a><\/span> they could face fresh legal action and be deemed accomplices if Washington designates Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we&#8217;ll have to 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