NPR: Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it’s not the migrants

The spoiler is in NPR’s headline: “it’s not the migrants” who are smuggling fentanyl across the border. Joel Rose tells the story of one fentanyl courier and notes that nearly 90% of the drug is seized at legal ports of entry, from people legally authorized to cross. Stefani Hepford, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Tucson, Arizona, office, says the ideal courier is someone authorized to cross and who comes and goes frequently. “They’re looking for somebody we’re not going to pay a lot of attention to,” says Michael Humphries, port director in Nogales, Arizona. 

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