Cocaine from Colombia and Bolivia is increasingly being trafficked to Europe through Uruguay's ports, leading to a rise in crime and violence in the country. The surge in cocaine exports has prompted Montevideo to request the DEA's return. Uruguay's main port faced a setback when one of its cargo scanners fell into the sea, contributing to the increase in cocaine shipments. Meanwhile, fentanyl abuse is on the rise in the US, leading to a higher influx of Colombian and Bolivian cocaine into Europe via Uruguay. Former DEA official Larry Reichner noted the shift towards fentanyl in Uruguay. In Mexico, authorities are concerned about the spread of fentanyl use, despite the country being a major trafficking hub for the drug.
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Although Mexico is a major trafficking hub for fentanyl, the highly potent synthetic opioid, it has so far avoided a consumption epidemic within its own borders https://t.co/VsCR0Y4JGc
The fentanyl crisis has so far not swept Mexico like it has in the US, despite Mexico being a major trafficking hub for the highly addictive painkiller. But research by @Reuters shows the scale of consumption may be clouded by a lack of data and testing https://t.co/Va9jUl8IVo https://t.co/0de14apDl8
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“If asked [10 years ago], I’d have probably agreed with the Mexican line: Demand for drugs from the [U.S.] was creating supply,” @samquinones7 writes. “Now ... I believe the opposite: Street fentanyl, indeed all opioids, are about supply creating demand.” https://t.co/68lLVrDJfY https://t.co/SacmWnltVa
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⚠️ FENTANYL USE SPREADS DEEPER INTO MEXICO, WORRYING AUTHORITIES (Reuters) The teenager who arrived at Jose de Jesus Lopez's drug rehab clinic in the industrial Mexican city of Monterrey in December had unusual symptoms. The 17-year-old's family had taken the boy to hospital a…
A plastic bag containing more than a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine has washed up on a beach near the spot where a mysterious barge capsized and spilled oil off Trinidad and Tobago, authorities said. https://t.co/klJLoSWRiD
"Everything's fentanyl now," said former DEA official Larry Reichner, who oversaw Uruguay as the DEA's assistant regional director for southern South America from 2015-2019. "They couldn't give a rat's ass about cocaine." https://t.co/8faDyL8exm
Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads. Unfortunately, during delivery one of them fell into the sea. Since then, cocaine shipments to Europe have surged through the port of Montevideo https://t.co/9AykYYpkNL
In 2019, after years of strained counter-narcotics ties, the DEA shuttered its Uruguay office. Now, as roaring cocaine exports trigger a wave of drug murders, Montevideo is begging the DEA to return. Story w/@lucinda_elliott https://t.co/RkE3Zm4mlp
🔊 As fentanyl abuse surges in the US, more cocaine from Colombia and Bolivia is heading to Europe via Uruguay, bringing with it crime and violence, @gabstargardter and @lucinda_elliott explain to @cwalljasper on a special episode of Reuters World News https://t.co/fHze1auBwc https://t.co/Jv0GS8KIAK
🔊 How did the most affluent country in South America go from a drug trafficking backwater to a major shipping lane for cocaine? @gabstargardter and @lucinda_elliott explain to @cwalljasper on a special episode of Reuters World News https://t.co/C55c5EqwBt https://t.co/dLkPntx7Cd
🔊 Cocaine from Colombia and Bolivia is increasingly landing in Europe via shipping ports in Uruguay, adding to crime and violence in the country. Listen to @gabstargardter and @lucinda_elliott explain to @cwalljasper on Reuters World News https://t.co/FoXNYYD1Aa https://t.co/avs5GUOvhx