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Authority we have to bring those responsible to justice as outlined in an indictment unsealed today in the southern district of new york, the sinaloa cartel is largely responsible for the surge of fentanyl into the united states over the last eight years. that surge is the result of a complex and comprehensive fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking network orchestrated by the cartel and depicted on the screens above. first, a cartel associate brokers the sale and shipment of fentanyl precursor chemicals, principally from china, to clandestine labs in mexico where the fentanyl is manufactured t...

Cartels. that is one of the most brutal cartels that we've been speaking with with the dea for years. they have said that it is their number one priority at this point, jose. so again, as we await for the attorney general to come out, we understand that the doj and the dea are now charging more than two dozen cartel members, jose. >> general, give us an idea of just how global these cartels are. >> well, jose, that's the key. inside mexico, this vitally important country to us in every manner, economically, politically, people-to-people relationships are intense, they're vital to our labor for...

Organizations. >> yeah, that's right, jose. many of our viewers might be familiar with el chapo well, when el chapo was taken into custody several years ago, in 2016, i believe, there was a vacuum of power. for years federal authorities have been going after el mencho. he is now known as the leader of cjng as you see there, for years the dea has been offering a $10 million reward for his capture some dea officials that i've spoken with have compared some of the tactics of cjng to isis in terms of their brutality. they are notorious for posting videos of murders in mexico online to strike fear ...

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A guatemalan based broker who purchases them on behalf of the cartel officers of the clandestine labs where the cartel manufactures fentanyl the weapons supplier who smuggles arms into mexico from the united states. leaders from the cartel's security forces who terrorize communities. money launderers who enail the cartel to fund their operations and the cartel's leaders known as the chipitos who are sons of the now imprisoned former head of the cartel known as el chapo. eight of those defendants are now in the custody of our international partners we will be seeking their extradition to the un...