The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is highly focused on Mexican cartels in its latest national threat assessment, but it also raises concerns about Canada, citing the presence of large-scale, sophisticated fentanyl laboratories in the country.
The DEA released on May 13 its National Drug Threat Assessment for the year 2025, which identifies the key Mexican cartels and their operations, and provides an overview of the trends involving the different types of narcotics found in the United States.
In the section on fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid responsible for a large number of overdose deaths in the United States and Canada, the DEA says Mexican transnational criminal organizations have “cemented” their role in supplying the drug….