Fentanyl from Mexican cartels, Chinese criminals a 'crisis' unlike any other we've faced: Ex-DEA official
Derek Maltz says Mexican cartels must be seen as 'enemy of our children'
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Mexican drug cartels the 'enemy of our children,' ex-DEA agent warns
Former DEA agent Derek Maltz issues a dire warning as record amounts of fentanyl are seized at the southern border.
A former DEA agent issued a dire warning on "America's Newsroom" Friday on the skyrocketing amount of fentanyl pouring across the southern border into the U.S. and taking the lives of children.
DEREK MALTZ: I want to thank the brave men and women of the Border Patrol and CBP for their relentless effort to keep the drugs out of the country and save lives. So the policies obviously are hurting our national security, the crime is escalating around the country. But most importantly, the Mexican cartels are now the enemy of our children. They are engaged in a sustained, deadly assault against our American future generation of kids. So you look at the fentanyl poisoning, you look at the fentanyl murders, that's what it is.
This is no longer just an opioid addiction or an opioid crisis, because the kids, they may stay away from pills or stay away from opioids and go to cocaine or methamphetamine, but they're dying instantly. This is murder. So we have to change the perception, we have to change the education, and our schools, our teachers, our parents have to know that this is a deadly crisis. We've never seen this in the history of the country.
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