US, Mexico Increase Data Sharing to Curb Fentanyl Trade

Mexico and the United States will increase data sharing to better curb the flow of synthetic drugs including fentanyl. The two nations have also committed to a suite of actions that will enhance their ability to jointly track and counter the trafficking of drugs, firearms, and human beings, according to senior Biden administration officials. The agreements are part of a wider effort “to facilitate action against criminal organizations that traffic people, guns, and illicit drugs, including fentanyl into our communities,” the officials said during a Feb. 8 press call. “We all agreed that this is a shared threat not only for us countries in North America but around the globe,” one official said....