El Chapo is heading to a supermax prison for life, but his Sinaloa cartel is as strong as ever. Under his sons and brother, the cartel’s become a major trafficker of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that’s causing so many fatal overdoses in the United States. It’s 50 times stronger than heroin, has no growing season, is lighter and more compact, and way more lucrative for cartels than other illicit drugs. The World’s host Marco Werman talks with Scott Stewart of Statfor about the shift to fentanyl for Mexican drug cartels.
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