In a high-stakes operation, federal agents struck a colossal blow against the Sinaloa Cartel, seizing 1,300 barrels—697,000 pounds—of methamphetamine precursor chemicals smuggled from China on the high seas. Announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Pasadena, Texas, this historic bust, the largest of its kind, thwarted the production of 420,000 pounds of meth, worth a staggering $569 million. The chemicals, benzyl alcohol and N-Methylformamide, were destined for cartel labs in Mexico, fueling a deadly drug trade aimed at flooding U.S. streets. This dramatic interception, enabled by the cartel’s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, signals a fierce new front in the war against narco-terrorism.
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