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How smugglers move fentanyl over the southern border

Fentanyl is making its way into various drugs sold in the U.S. Here's how it gets there

09/15/2021

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How smugglers move fentanyl over the southern border

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Fentanyl is making its way into various drugs sold in the U.S. Here's how it gets there

For the second part of our series on the ravages of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, we take a look at the deadly cost of the drug just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, special correspondent Monica Villamizar and producer Zach Fannin report.

09/15/2021

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