Mexico 'champion' of synthetic drug production, official says

The blunt admission came as visiting US officials called for a "more agile" joint approach to combating drug trafficking by powerful Mexican cartels. "Mexico has been the champion of the production of methamphetamine, and now fentanyl," Felipe de Jesus Gallo said. That had been "the source of the greatest wealth and power" for Mexican criminal organizations, he added. According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Mexican cartels -- using chemicals largely sourced from China -- are...