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TUCSON, AZ — Last month DPS troopers made a bust along State Route 87 near Fort McDowell. $1.2 million worth of fentanyl pills were confiscated. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 150 people die from fentanyl overdoses a day. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports 90% of the fentanyl entering the U.S. illegally comes through the Arizona and California Borders.
In their debates, several Republican candidates for president promoted the use of military force in Mexico as a response to the nation's fentanyl epidemic. The tough talk drew applause, but many political leaders in Phoenix and Mexico City are not comfortable with the tough talk. Mexico is the United States' and Arizona's largest trading partner. In 2022, Arizona did $21.6 billion in business with Mexico.
In Mexico City, political leaders see similarities to 2016, when Donald Trump said,"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists," when he announced he was running for president. Senator Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas was Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs then.
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