“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
In the last year and a half, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has actively infiltrated the Sinaloa Cartel and the Los Chapitos network, gaining unparalleled access to the organization’s highest levels, according to agency administrator Anne Milgram.
The U.S. official indicated that Los Chapitos are responsible for the massive trafficking of fentanyl into the country. And she detailed that the anti-drug agency has followed the Sinaloa Cartel’s fentanyl trafficking route. It travels from China, where Los Chapitos allegedly partnered with chemical companies to acquire the precursors.
She also said that the secret laboratories where they transform the precursors into powder and pills are located in Mexico. They then smuggle the drugs into the United States by land, air, sea and tunnels.