Fentanyl Epidemic in US: Mexico Assures to Digitally Track Chinese Chemical Imports

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Mexico told the United States on Thursday that it will digitally track imports — mostly from China — of ingredients behind fentanyl, the opioid behind an epidemic of overdose deaths. On a visit to Washington, Mexico’s new foreign secretary, Alicia Barcena, promised to do more to address the synthetic drug issue, which has risen to the top of the US political agenda. “The mission is to monitor, track and locate in real time the regulated chemical substances that enter into Mexico," Barcena told a news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Mexico has already set up laboratories at points...