{"id":8882,"date":"2025-02-26T07:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/arizona-gov-hobbs-signs-executive-order-to-combat-mexican-cartels-drug-trafficking-at-states-border\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T07:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:35:53","slug":"arizona-gov-hobbs-signs-executive-order-to-combat-mexican-cartels-drug-trafficking-at-states-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/arizona-gov-hobbs-signs-executive-order-to-combat-mexican-cartels-drug-trafficking-at-states-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Gov. Hobbs signs executive order to combat Mexican cartels, drug trafficking at state&#8217;s border"},"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>Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovernorHobbs\/status\/1894460027794329755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed<\/a> an executive order Tuesday to combat cartels and stop drug smuggling and human trafficking at the state&#8217;s border.<\/p>\n<p>The order creates a joint task force called Operation Desert Guardian to expand border security operations in the state&#8217;s four border counties, Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs, a Democrat, said the order allows her administration to work with the federal government and local sheriffs to &#8220;keep criminals and drugs out of Arizona&#8217;s communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look forward to continued partnership on our shared border security priorities,&#8221; Hobbs said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovernorHobbs\/status\/1894460032747802867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <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> said that Mexican cartels are &#8220;at the heart&#8221; of a synthetic narcotics crisis in the United States, but Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum has said <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> that fentanyl is being produced in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department designated Mexican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/cartel\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drug cartels<\/a> as terrorist organizations last week and President Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-fentanyl-seizure-trump-tariff\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cited<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the deadly illegal flow of opioids as one of the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods. Mr. Trump agreed to pause the tariffs for one month after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-us-claim-cartel-alliance-slander-vows-tariff-retaliation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sheinbaum agreed <\/a><\/span>to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat the flow of fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona shares a 370-mile southern border with Mexico, according to the governor&#8217;s office. U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/drug-seizure-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said they seized<\/a> 5,585 pounds of fentanyl at the border in January and<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/arizona-border-towns-grappling-with-drug-smuggling\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said in 2024<\/a> that 66% of the fentanyl seized entering the U.S. was caught in Arizona.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Out of the top six districts for fentanyl trafficking offenses, Arizona ranked second in the nation after the Southern District of California in 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussc.gov\/research\/quick-facts\/fentanyl-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a report <\/a>on fentanyl trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs said the task force will be funded with a portion of the $28 million balance in Arizona&#8217;s border security fund.<\/p>\n<p>State officials said they seized 1,750 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl in January during a major drug bust.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fentanyl and methamphetamine are devastating our communities, and we will not tolerate the trafficking of these deadly substances in Arizona,&#8221; Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/press-releases\/2025\/01\/29\/dea-arizona-financial-crimes-task-force-seizes-over-1750-pounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">AFP <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. 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