Fentanyl is surging across the southern border at an astronomical rate, with July’s rate of seizures shattering the previous record and tripling June’s rate, according to new Homeland Security statistics released this week.
The drugs are yet another vulnerability along a U.S.-Mexico boundary already plagued by record levels of human smuggling — including 10 more terrorism suspects nabbed by the Border Patrol in July alone.
Customs and Border Protection reported seizing 2,071 pounds of fentanyl coming in from Mexico in July. That’s 60% higher than the previous record, set in April, and more than triple the 640 pounds nabbed in June.