Massive Fentanyl Shipment, Enough To Kill 50 Million People, Seized In California

Hank BerrienFebruary 27, 2023

A massive shipment of the deadly drug fentanyl — enough to reportedly kill 50 million people — was seized by U.S. Border Patrol in Southern California.

“San Diego Agents & local LEO partners arrested 3 and seized 232 lbs. of Fentanyl worth over $3 million,” Raul Ortiz is Chief of U.S. Border Patrol. “This amount of Fentanyl had the potential to kill over 50 million people. We continue to take the fight to the cartels and narcotics smugglers!”

San Diego Agents & LEO Partners arrested 3 and seized 223 lbs. Fentanyl weighing in at more than $3 million. This amount could kill more than 50,000,000 people. We will continue to fight the cartels, narcotics smugglers.

Amazing Work!https://twitter.com/USBPChiefSDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@USBPChiefSDC pic.twitter.com/A4IXpNRnlR

— Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) February 28, 2023

Fox News LA’s Bill Melugin claims that Border Patrol sources claim the arrest took place during a traffic stop in San Clemente (Orange County), 75 miles inland. Melugin claimed that the drugs could have been smuggled into USA through a vehicle that Border patrol failed to stop at an port of entry or by the use of drug mules.

NEW: Border Patrol reports making an enormous fentanyl bust in SoCal – 232 lbs smuggled in a vehicle, enough lethal doses to kill 50 million people. BP sources tell me the bust took place during a traffic stop on a highway in San Clemente in Orange County, 75 miles inland from… https://t.co/Efh5YdKsQi pic.twitter.com/HMsos9X7ig

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) February 28, 2023

In mid-January, Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw championed The use of the U.S. Military to fight the drug cartels that smuggle deadly fentanyl across America’s southern border.

Crenshaw spoke to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto. Crenshaw was prompted by Cavuto to ask Crenshaw what had Crenshaw worried.

“Well, look, we recently introduced AUMF, an Authorized Use of Military Force against the cartels and any other organizations that traffic fentanyl specifically,” Crenshaw has the answer. “So why now and why not years ago? These Mexican drug cartels have been around for a while. The difference now is fentanyl.”

“This is not a drug problem; this is not a war on drug problem; this is a poisoning problem,” Crenshaw declared. “And they are killing about 80,000 Americans a year. And the Mexican government does very little to thwart this.”

“I think there should be bipartisan efforts in Congress to pass an Authorized Use of Military Force to deal with them,” He asserted. “If anything, that simply gives our president more leverage when trying to get the Mexican government to do its job, its job on thwarting immigration, which the cartels also control, and thwarting fentanyl coming north across our border and killing American citizens.”

Crenshaw became aware of the terrible intentions of the drug cartels. “These people are a lot more like ISIS than they are the mafia. You recently saw a war in the state of Sinaloa after the Mexican government arrested El Chapo’s son. These cartels can actually battle close air-support; they’re battling government helicopters. This looks a lot like Mogadishu; it looks a lot more like Mogadishu that it does your typical organized crime battle, these people are well-equipped, they set up forward operating bases that are well-armed, right near our border, and they’re extremely dangerous. They’re some of the most capable, most well-funded, most dangerous organizations on the planet, and they’re right there.”

“Mexico is at risk of becoming a failed state,” He noted. “We have to work together with their government to deal with this.”