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Federal officials conduct high sea interceptions of hundreds of thousands of pounds of two different precursor chemicals Sinaloa Cartel In Mexico.
Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Pasadena, TexasWednesday.
“In China’s undeclared war against the United States, chemicals used to make synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine and fentanyl,” Piroro said.
Piro said 1,300 barrels were seized from two different containers on the high seas, including 363,000 pounds of benzyl alcohol and 334,000 pounds of N-methylformamide. Both chemicals are precursor chemicals that can be used to produce 420,000 pounds of methamphetamine, Piro said.
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What U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro described in a media consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice is “the largest law enforcement bust to foreign terrorist organizations”, located in Pasadena, Texas, USA, Texas, USA, September 3, 2025. (Reuters/adrees latif)
Pirro said the estimated street value of methamphetamine produced from captured chemicals is at least $569 million.
Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, said the action was aimed at supply lines. Illegal drug manufacturersfor example, chemical precursors, not finished products.
“If these pioneers arrive at their destination, they will make hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine and make more than $5 billion in profits, which will result in more deaths here in the U.S., not only in Houston, but throughout the country,” Lyon said..
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Precursor chemicals are tightly controlled substances that can be used to produce lethal drugs or explosives.
Piro said the seizures occurred high on two different ships from the port of Shanghai in China and were confined to Mexico. (Win McNamee/Getty Images, File)
Pirro declined to comment on the exact location of the chemicals seized on the ship, although she said there were 1,300 barrels in the shipping container.
Chemical substances have been Shanghai, China, Piro said, adding that they were on their way to Mexico’s Sunaloa cartel. Meth that cartels produce may enter the United States
Piro said seizures would put drug trafficking groups in trouble, although it might take some time to make up for the losses.
this Trump administration The role of the U.S. in the fentanyl epidemic has been putting pressure on China, killing thousands of Americans every year.
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In another example, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it is sanctioning Chinese chemical company Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical Co., Ltd. and two representatives of the company, Huang Xiaojun and Huang Zhanpeng, are used to manufacture and coordinate the manufacturing and coordination of African opioids.
