2023-05-05 23:53:00
Coinciding with the commemoration of the Battle of Pueblathis May 5, the Administration for Drug Control of the United States, (DEAfor its acronym in English), released the results of “Operation Last Mile”.
The operation, carried out nationwide for a year, led to the arrest of associates and distributors linked to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) or the Sinaloa cartelas well as people from the group of the children of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, ‘El Chapo’, known as ‘The Chaps’.
According to the DEA statement on the subject, the Operation Last Mile generated the tracing of distribution networks of the CJNG or of Sinaloa in the United States, which according to what was known, both organizations use violent street gangs, and local criminal groups to “flood American communities with enormous amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which generates addiction and violence”.
Also, the Last Mile Operation He detailed how these criminal organizations of Mexican origin use social network applications such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, as well as encrypted communication platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.
How was Operation Last Mile carried out?
The Operation Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted between May 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023, in collaboration with US federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, resulting in the following accomplishments:
- Detention of at least 3 thousand 337 people
- Seized nearly 44 million fentanyl pills
- Seized more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl powder
- Seizure of more than 91 thousand pounds of methamphetamine
- Seizure of 8 thousand 497 firearms
- Seizure of more than 100 million dollars
The DEA explained that this operation sought to “eliminate” members and associates of the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels in the USA. in order to stop the trafficking of fentanyl into the country; They also point out that, in addition to the above, the search announcement by leaders of the CJNG, the Sinaloa Cartel and ‘Los Chapitos’, is made with the desire to “save American lives”.
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