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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
JOE BIDEN'S OPEN BORDERS - AMERICA'S DRUG DEALER - What You Need to Know About Fentanyl - Under Mayorkas, deaths due to drug overdoses topped 100,000 for the first time ever, the vast majority from fentanyl, imported from China and Mexico across our southern border.”
From April 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. An overwhelming majority of those deaths came from opioids, and fentanyl smuggling has surged at the southern border since the start of Joe Biden's presidency. Joseph Simonson and Collin Anderson
“By the end of Joe Biden’s first term,” said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, “nearly 20% of all Americans will be here illegally.” Mayorkas’ excuse for lying is that he works 18 hours a day. “When Republicans take back control of the House this fall,” Liz Peek suggests, “they should impeach Mayorkas and let him catch up on his beauty sleep.”
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has sent out an advisory to the public regarding the opioid crisis, specifically warning of the presence of brightly-colored fentanyl pills in general circulation. The presence of highly addictive “rainbow fentanyl” is a trend which potentially targets young people.
I’ve known of fentanyl my entire medical career. My professional experience with it involved use during general anesthesia on patients undergoing surgery and epidurals during labor. It has also been used in combat casualties and cancer patients in the form of “lollipops” for pain relief and sedation.
First synthesized in 1960, it gained approval for medical use in 1968 and achieved widespread acceptance. By 2017, fentanyl was the most frequently-used synthetic opioid in medicine. Two years later, more than one million prescriptions for it were being written annually. In 2021, fentanyl accounted for more than 71,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States. The vast majority of recent cases are linked to illicitly manufactured fentanyl originating, it’s thought, in Mexico.
The Department of Justice reports the seizure of more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder in the period from May 23 through Sept. 8, 2022
WHY FENTANYL?
For a drug dealer, fentanyl has some attributes that compare it favorably to heroin: Fentanyl is more potent, has higher profit margins, and is easier to transport to the “market” in the form of pills, lozenges, injections, nasal sprays, eye drops, and skin patches. It’s given unthreatening nicknames such as “dance fever,” “goodfellas,” and “jackpot.” As it’s relatively cheap, it can be used to mix in with more expensive illegal drugs.
For the consumer, fentanyl acts like other opioids, but “on steroids.” Once in the body, fentanyl attaches itself to nerve receptors that control pain response and emotions. The drug provides strong pain relief and creates an intense euphoric high. It does this by elevating levels of the chemical dopamine. The drug also takes effect faster than either morphine or heroin.
The duration of effect depends on the dosage taken, the method of intake, and other factors. In those who inject the drug, the “high” lasts 11-22 hours. If used as a patch, lozenge, or pill, it can last even longer. As the body breaks down the drug, it leaves traces behind called metabolites. Metabolites remain longer than the duration of fentanyl effects; as such, they may be detected in drug tests much longer than the high lasts.
FENTANYL DANGERS
Unfortunately, there are serious risks associated with the use of fentanyl. You can expect sedation, confusion, drowsiness, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, pupillary constriction, and respiratory depression. This highly addictive substance leads to serious physical dependence in addition to tolerance (the need for higher doses over time to get the same “high”).
Additional dangers relate to the tendency for fentanyl powder to be mixed in with heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. As it can’t be identified by sight, taste, or smell, it would require a lab analysis or special test strips to identify. This practice of “cutting” drugs with fentanyl causes the user to inadvertently be given a dose much stronger than ordinarily expected from, say, heroin. Indeed, accidental exposure of fentanyl to skin can be lethal in doses as low as 0.25 milligrams.
OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS
Recognizing the signs of opioid overdose can save a life. Here are some things to look for:
Sleepiness or loss of consciousness
Slow (or no) breathing
Drops in blood pressure
Choking
Small, constricted pupils
Changes in muscle tone
Cold, “clammy,” blue-gray lips and fingertips (also known as “cyanosis”)
In addition to the above, signs and symptoms more specific to fentanyl may include foaming at the mouth, body stiffening, seizures, and confusion before becoming unresponsive.
TREATING OPIOID OVERDOSES
Treating fentanyl and other opioid overdoses involves administering a drug called naloxone (brand name Narcan). It’s available as an injectable solution or a nasal spray. Although normally a prescription med, some states have passed laws allowing pharmacists to dispense the drug without a prescription.
Victims of opioid overdoses who are given naloxone should be monitored for another two hours after the last dose to assure good breathing and oxygenation. A pulse oximeter is useful to determine oxygen saturation in the body. Of course, in normal times, 911 should be called and emergency medical personnel should be dispatched.
It should be noted that naloxone has no major ill effects if given to a person who doesn’t have opioids in their system. Even if you’re not certain that a person has overdosed on opioids, you should still give them naloxone. Indeed, the worst side effect is that they may begin to experience withdrawal. Withdrawal symptoms include depression, anxiety, irritability, agitation, insomnia, and flulike symptoms.
Record seizures of rainbow fentanyl have amounted to doses that would be fatal to millions. Given that these discoveries are just a fraction of the total that crosses the border, the risk is significant enough that everyone should be aware of this dangerous drug.
“Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States.Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country.” JUDICIAL WATCH
“Mexican authorities have arrested the former mayor of a rural community in the border state of Coahuila in connection with the kidnapping, murder and incineration of hundreds of victims through a network of ovens at the hands of the Los Zetas cartel. The arrest comes after Breitbart Texas exposed not only the horrors of the mass extermination, but also the cover-up and complicity of the Mexican government.”
With Biden in office, America’s southern border has vanished entirely.
“Heroin is not produced in the United States. Every gram of heroin present in the United States provides unequivocal evidence of a failure of border security because every gram of heroin was smuggled into the United States. Indeed, this is precisely a point that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 18, 2017 when he again raised the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border to protect American lives.” Michael Cutler …..FrontPageMag.com
Cartel Turf War Terrorizes Residents of Mexican State
A raging cartel turf war spread terror throughout the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Rival criminal organizations form various alliances, often turning on each other while fighting for control of lucrative routes to border states to the north.
Since mid-2020, the Mexican state of Zacatecas experienced a dramatic rise in violence as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel fought for control. However, a new series of documents from Mexico’s Army that were leaked by the hacktivists called Guacamaya revealed a series of alliances that have contributed to the fierce turf war, Mexico’s El Universal reported.
According to the documents, a cell of the Gulf Cartel (CDG) that was not getting help from their bosses in Tamaulipas has sided with CJNG to fight off encroachment by the Sinaloa Cartel. The CDG-CJNG alliance dominated other local cartel cells and squared off against the Sinaloa Cartel in a struggle that military documents identify as the main driver of violence in the region.
Several cartels operate in Zacatecas, including CJNG, the Gulf Cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, and the Talibanes- a criminal organization that broke away from Los Zetas and was a previous ally of the Gulf Cartel.
In 2021, the cartel violence in Zacatecas led to 1,314 murders. So far this year, there have been close to 630 murders, government federal statistics revealed. However, the true figure could be much higher since the statistics do not represent the number of individuals whose remains have not been found and are simply listed as missing.
The most recent murder took place on Saturday morning when a group of gunmen murdered a family of four in a rural part of the state. State authorities have not released any official information related to the murder.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to Mexico City and the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by “C.P. Mireles” from Tamaulipas.
Report: Mexican Doctor Jailed for Spying in U.S. for Russia Connected to Mexico’s Government
A Mexican doctor serving time in a U.S. prison on charges of spying for Russia is reportedly connected to top officials within the Government of Mexico.
Hector Cabrera Fuentes is a Mexican doctor and scientist who as Breitbart Texas reported, pleaded guilty to espionage charges earlier this year and later received a four-year prison sentence. A new report published by Mexico’s Aristegui Noticias based on an investigation by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Miami Herald revealed that Cabrera Fuentes and his relatives have top-level connections to Mexico’s government. They are also linked to various infrastructure projects with Chinese and Russian financing that would be developed in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
One of the projects that Cabrera and his family are reportedly working on is called the Trans-Isthmic Rail which would promote travel through Mexico’s Southeast region and could rival the Panama Channel. According to the report, Cabrera and his relatives were scheduled to meet at Mexico’s National Palace in 2020 The palace is the office and home of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. However, U.S. authorities arrested him just days before the scheduled meeting on charges of spying on behalf of Russia.
According to Aristegui Noticias, Cabrera lived a double life with a wife and children in Mexico along with a similar family in Russia.
The arrest took place in February 2020 in Miami where he and his Mexican wife had taken photographs of a vehicle used by an individual that was providing information to U.S. intelligence services. Cabrera attempted to obtain additional information about the informant for his Russian handlers.
According to U.S. prosecutors, “The manner in which Fuentes communicated with (a) Russian government official and his undertakings, in this case, are consistent with the tactics of the Russian intelligence services.”
Court documents revealed that Cabrera spent a long time in Russia, lived in Singapore, and had been working for Russian spies since 2019.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.
“L.P Contreras” from Mexico City and “C.P Mireles” from Tamaulipas contributed to this report.
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