{"id":496208,"date":"2021-05-11T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496208"},"modified":"2021-05-11T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:20:55","slug":"cartel-gains-foothold-in-pacific-northwest-opioid-demand-in-region-emboldens-jngc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cartel-gains-foothold-in-pacific-northwest-opioid-demand-in-region-emboldens-jngc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartel gains foothold in Pacific Northwest, opioid demand in region emboldens JNGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcartel-gains-foothold-in-pacific-northwest-opioid-demand-in-region-emboldens-jngc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2406292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2406292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soldiers patrol a neighborhood in Irapuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, in February. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:07 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, May 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>According to federal drug investigators, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (JNGC) is now the primary group trafficking fentanyl into the U.S. across the southern border. Homeland Security agents said the JNGC, which is Mexico\u2019s fastest growing cartel, has now gained footholds in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>The group, headed by cartel boss El Mencho, brazenly threatens rivals on social media while openly displaying its weaponry and armored vehicles. However, federal agents ahve said that\u2019s just the beginning of JNGC\u2019s fear-inducing tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s ripping the fingernails out of somebody\u2019s hands as sending a message to them or tying them up in a tree in the middle of Central Washington to die or dismembering them and shipping their remains off\u2026they\u2019re there to deliver an effective message,\u201d stated DHS Special Agent Robert Hammer. \u201cWhich is don\u2019t mess with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey are a huge threat to the stability of this region\u201d \u2013 listen as SAC Hammer expands on the escalating threat of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CJNG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CJNG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cartel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cartel<\/a> fentanyl trafficking, and the multi-faceted approach needed to keep communities safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/komonews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KOMONews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrestonTVNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrestonTVNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UJ7z8iTjh3\">https:\/\/t.co\/UJ7z8iTjh3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HSI Pacific Northwest (@HSISeattle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HSISeattle\/status\/1390698133835894793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fentanyl smuggled by the cartel is reported to be 50 times more deadly than the heroin it\u2019s replacing in the Pacific Northwest. In the past, fentanyl had mainly been mixed into heroin, but now it\u2019s often pressed into small blue tablets to resemble prescription oxycodone pills.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/organization-spokesman-on-fla-s-new-election-integrity-bill\/\">Organization Spokesman On Fla.\u2019S New Election Integrity Bill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers patrol a neighborhood in Irapuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico, in February. 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