The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) placed Mexican cartels in active operations on three continents. The interception of three tons of a chemical precursor capable of producing up to 3.3 tons of fentanyl — sufficient to generate hundreds of millions of lethal doses — summarizes in a single figure the magnitude of the phenomenon that the United Nations documented in its Drug Report 2025.
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The United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) placed Mexican cartels in active operations on three continents. The interception of three tons of a chemical precursor capable of producing up to 3.3 tons of fentanyl — sufficient to generate hundreds of millions of lethal doses — summarizes in a single figure the magnitude of the phenomenon that the United Nations documented in its Drug Report 2025.