The US Department of Justice on Friday announced sanctions against rings trafficking the synthetic opiate fentanyl that implicate China and Mexico.
US justice is thus attacking "
the largest, most violent and prolific fentanyl trafficking operations, managed by the Sinaloa cartel and fueled by chemical compounds from Chinese pharmaceutical companies
", indicated the Minister of Justice, Merrick Garland, during a press conference, specifying in particular that four sons of the founder of the Mexican cartel, Joaquin “
El Chapo
” Guzman, were targeted by indictments.