message to the Sinaloa Cartel

Pennsylvania, USA- The Democratic Party candidate for the White House, Kamala Harriswarned that if he wins the Presidency in November he will fight the cartels with the full weight of the law, as he did when he was Attorney General of California.

“As attorney general of a border state, I took on transnational criminal organizations like the Sinaloa Cartelwho traffics drugs and threatens the safety of our communities“said the Vice President at a rally in Pennsylvania, one of the key entities.

And in what It seems like a message to the Sinaloa Cartelknown as the largest producers of fentanyl in Mexico that manage to introduce it to the United States, added:

“I know these cartels firsthand and As President, I will ensure that we prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. for selling poisons like fentanyl to our children.

“As president, I will fight on behalf of all communities and all Americans.”

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Kamala Harris goes against transnational cartels: message to the Sinaloa Cartel

And although the DEA has placed the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as the main sellers of synthetic drugs in the United States and assures that they have an army of around 45 thousand members internationally, the Democratic candidate only referred to the first.

Thus, in his brief, but applauded campaign To the Presidency, Kamala Harris launched a firm speech against transnational cartels, highlighting her experience as a Prosecutor.

“I was Tax General from a border state (with Mexico). I went against transnational gangs, drug cartels and human traffickers. I prosecuted them case after case, and I beat them. “So I know what I’m talking about!” said Kamala Harris.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) estimates that around 77 thousand people died from overdoses of synthetic opioids such as fentanylin addition to another 36 thousand from methamphetamines in 2022 and 2023, for the first time the number of deaths fell 3% compared to the previous year.

*With information from Millennium and Reform

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