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Gabbard: Fentanyl border crossings are down as Mexican cartels struggle with precursors

Tulsi Gabbard · Tulsi Gabbard on Russiagate Hoax Evidence and How She’s Reforming Politicized Intelligence Agencies · Sep 15, 2025 · at 40:23

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, discusses the early impacts of U.S. diplomatic and border enforcement pressure on the fentanyl supply chain.

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“What we're seeing is a downstream or maybe like a down tick in fentanyl coming across our borders, as well as the cartels in Mexico struggling to create fentanyl because they're not able to access these precursors as easily as they have been over the last several years.”

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