Retired SWAT Commander Darcy Leutzinger argues that fentanyl is not a conventional drug problem but a weaponized supply chain, built on Chinese precursor chemicals and the Sinaloa Cartel, that is mass‑poisoning Americans and demanding aggressive enforcement.
Chinese criminal networks are expanding across Latin America and the Caribbean, supplying fentanyl precursors, laundering billions, and driving human smuggling—creating a converging criminal, intelligence, and geopolitical threat that U.S. leaders can no longer ignore.
