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A secret look inside a Mexican cartel's fentanyl lab

Clip: 9/14/2021 | 8m 56sVideo has Closed Captions

A secret look at a Mexican cartel's low-tech, multimillion-dollar fentanyl operation

Tonight, we begin a three-part look at the production — and devastating effects — of the drug fentanyl. Illicit use of the synthetic opioid painkiller has ravaged the United States, with Mexican drug cartels now seeing huge profits. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, from Sinaloa State, in Mexico, special correspondent Monica Villamizar and videographer Zach Fannin report.

09/14/2021

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