US fentanyl sales fueling Mexican cartel war; more guns, drugs seized at border

More Americans than ever before are dying because of fentanyl, and agents with Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations say the Mexican cartel could be partly to blame.

Edith Serrano, public affairs liaison for Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations, explains the increase in fentanyl and drug seizures at the Nogales Port of Entry in Southern Arizona on Thursday, March 10, 2022.  (Fox News) More than 3,569 pounds of fentanyl has been seized so far this fiscal year, and the number is expected to grow, according to the CBP Office of Field Operations.  (Fox News) One kilogram, just over two pounds, of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.  (Fox News) Agents at the Port of Nogales in Arizona have seen a more than 750% increase in southbound weapon seizures in 2021 compared to 2020. Southbound weapon seizures are people attempting to bring weapons from the United States into Mexico, Nogales Area Port Director Michael Humphries says. (Fox News) "It’s [guns] going to be used for turf battles between criminal organizations and, it could be in turn used on us, U.S. law enforcement," Nogales Area Port Director Michael Humphries explains on Thursday, March 10, 2022.  (Fox News)

One kilogram, just over two pounds, of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.  Former Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott tells ‘Fox News Live’ that the Biden administration is taking ‘no action’ on securing the southern border.

Over 3,569 pounds of the deadly drug has already been seized this fiscal year, and the number is expected to grow, according to the CBP Office of Field Operations.