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The drug, which was already used as an opioid adulterant in the US and Canada and which significantly increases the risk of overdose, has now appeared in Mexico

MEXICALI, Mexico — As fentanyl has ravaged the United States, killing tens of thousands of Americans each year, Mexican leaders have insisted their country has been virtually untouched by the

Data compiled by a medical examiner in northern Mexico reveal that fentanyl use is far more common there than the country's leaders have claimed.

Data compiled by a medical examiner in northern Mexico reveal that fentanyl use is far more common there than the country's leaders have claimed.

Data compiled by a medical examiner in northern Mexico reveal that fentanyl use is far more common there than the country's leaders have claimed.

Data compiled by a medical examiner in northern Mexico reveal that fentanyl use is far more common there than the country's leaders have claimed.

Data compiled by a medical examiner in northern Mexico reveal that fentanyl use is far more common there than the country's leaders have claimed.

Five addicts tell EL PAÍS how their lives were ruined by the consumption of this cheap, highly potent drug that causes 100,000 deaths a year in the US and could trigger the next major health crisis in Mexico

Organized crime syndicates use vulnerable people in border cities to calculate the dosages of the opioid that they traffic to the United States