Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that authorities have made one of the biggest fentanyl busts in U.S. history with the seizure of 11.5 kilos of the drug, including 3 million pills.
AG Pam Bondi has announced the largest fentanyl seizure in American history, totaling more than 3 million pills, along with several dozen kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, and more.
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Bondi said that members of the Sinaloa Cartel were arrested in the operation and six of them were in the U.S. illegally.
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The leader of the group, Alberto Salazar Amaya, was living in Salem, Oregon, and drugs were being distributed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Phoenix, Arizona, and in Utah.
