DEFENDING AMERICA FROM A CHEMICAL WEAPON: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor
The precursor is made in China, but not fentanyl itself. They sell the precursor, and, IIRC, it’s largely finished in Mexico. The precursor is nominally legal, so it’s shipped as close as it can be to be manufactured.
It’s mostly cocaine coming through Venezuela I think. It’s not being grown there, but it is one of several shipping routes.
The precursor is made in China, but not fentanyl itself. They sell the precursor, and, IIRC, it’s largely finished in Mexico. The precursor is nominally legal, so it’s shipped as close as it can be to be manufactured.
It’s mostly cocaine coming through Venezuela I think. It’s not being grown there, but it is one of several shipping routes.