Aug 10 (Reuters) – Mexico is developing a digital tracking system for fentanyl precursor chemicals, including methods to detect the substances at Mexico’s coastal ports and border crossing points, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Thursday.
“We are pulling together a digital tracking system that is very sophisticated,” Barcena said, speaking at an event in Washington during her first U.S. visit as foreign minister, a post she was appointed to in June.
Mexico has vowed to crack down on precursor chemicals coming into the country, where they are used to produce the deadly opioid fentanyl which is then often smuggled to the United States.
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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-set-up-digital-tracking-fentanyl-precursor-chemicals-foreign-minister-2023-08-10/
