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A Sinaloa Cartel network involved in the operations of fentanyl "super labs" was sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department as part of the government's effort to stop the smuggling of fentanyl and methamphetamine into the U.S.
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Including fentanyl comes even close to the death rate of meth. >> it is not the same dope. it is different. >> reporter: former department of justice special agent bob panel says dealers used to cook meth from ephedrine in super labs. >> we would see nothing but blister packs. you had to have pseudoephederine. >> reporter: now mexican cartels use common chemical agents in megalabs. >> they're like costco. they're huge, huge industrial sized buildings. they're basically warehouses. >> reporter: and you can manufacture it now at a much higher quantity. smuggled across the border as liquid, diffi...
>> every stop deputy burke makes on this shift involves meth. >> having a hard time? need a program? >> methamphetamine would be the number one drug used in fresno. it's so easy to obtain. it's not difficult. it's all over the streets out here. >> reporter: new cdc data shows meth is all over the country's streets, and it's getting worse. more than 1 in 4 overdose deaths this year involved meth and other psycho stimulants. that's up nearly 50% from last year. in california, deaths were up 64% year on year. and in fresno, no other drug, includie includingent in -- including fentanyl comes close...
Has put a bill forward to do just that but we have to now change our tactics because our old tactics of investigations and long-term investigations are no longer working from the cartels that have grown and are highly sophisticated. >> trace: the problem, is it your assessment that we're so overwhelmed on the border that the border patrol and cpb have their hands full trying to deal with this crush of migrants that comes across every day? >> yes. as you know, the border patrol is overwhelmed in these areas taking care of unaccompanied children and family units that the rest of the border is wi...