Inside the Sinaloa Cartel’s fentanyl pipeline | Nightline

In an episode of her new National Geographic series “Trafficked,” Mariana van Zeller follows the cartel as it sources materials for fentanyl, makes the deadly drug and traffics it into the U.S.
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[@frankie_dabz3035]

It’s funny how a news reporter can find them but the FBI’s and cops are having trouble lol

[@bobdillinger1232]

Just like they know Mayo Zambada is residing in a $70m USD ranch in El Salado Sinaloa, Mx. Can’t do anything about it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@beyondblessed8454]

@@bobdillinger1232 says you doesnt make it true who knows what's he up to.

[@beyondblessed8454]

They probably take high security risks the cartel do and they get money who knows.

[@Antonio18677]

It’s called the CIA

[@ryanmac8283]

The CIA runs all of this.

[@potatomatop9326]

Bro, i can't imagine being addicted to this crap. Stay clean my bros!!!

[@Evili555]

It’s 100x stronger than heroin.

[@mattatk92]

@@Evili555 it's not that simple. It's supposed to be given in micrograms so it's comparable to other opioids. But these dealers don't weigh it so people get doses way too high and die. It's perfectly safe in a medical setting

[@Evili555]

@@mattatk92 what do u mean safe, like sugary foods where too much is bad and a little is okay or like smoking where smoking one cigar a month is okay.

[@littleangels7869abc]

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[@littleangels7869abc]

@@Evili555 .kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmHGhnylaseorJI

[@binaryfairy4197]

Don’t be naïve, the huge amount of drugs that find their way into the US could not do so without the help of the people employed by the US government. It would be impossible for individuals to smuggle the amount of drugs that are needed to supply all of the drug dealers and users nationwide. I grew up in Southern California & my parents were friends with a couple whose husband was a US customs agent at the San Diego border crossing. Back in the ‘80’s-‘90s, he told my dad that he knew many agents that were routinely paid $50-$100K each time to “look the other way” to let an 18 wheeler truck pass through without being stopped. He told my dad that he would never do such a thing, but my dad wasn’t surprised when the couple suddenly bought new expensive cars they never could have afforded, had their backyard lavishly remodeled with a black bottom pool with cabanas, an outdoor living area and sent their kids to very costly private schools etc. Of course the agent said he could never do such a thing but it was obvious what was going on. I’m sure that’s continued since then. But every once in a while, the border patrol/homeland security does a large bust & are sure to have it all over the news to show US citizens how much money and drugs they are seizing, but obviously they have to do that to justify their tax payer paid jobs, great pensions and other benefits. It’s really a joke. But I guess we can all look at it from the agent’s POV-I mean how tempting would it be to make an extra six figures or so once a month or maybe more? It’s 2021, and just look around at how outrageously greedy many people have become & how many people in our society have little to no morals. I’d bet that more agents are involved today with that type of stuff than back 20-30 years ago.

[@davegunall1450]

Naive ? That's pretty funny story... why didn't your "honest" dad report this...? I'm sorry, but this is your imagination of watching too many "cartel flicks" running wild kiddo. Yes, there are corrupt border agents, but your story doesn't' hold water and OH by the way, anyone taking bribes from the cartel and than buying expensive (beyond their means) crap would be held accountable by the Feds... or ESPECIALLY by the people (cartel enforcers) running them. Dream time

[@ChildofYAH_33]

No doubt! It's our own goverment that's allowed entry of drugs into the US. They NEED addicts, deaths and above all chaos so that nobody focuses on the REAL crimes taking place right under our noses by the very people that WE elect to run our country! The people in power are Evil...... literally EVIL. 👹 Once you accept that only then can you understand the gravity of what is taking place and has been for a long time. There is a reckoning coming, and every single person will be judged. May I be found worthy in the eyes of YAH The Most High GOD. 🙏🤲🙌

[@1weck1]

And on top of that, you’ll think about the cost of you being the good guy. While you turn down 50-100k, another load is coming through somewhere else and another agent is about to take the offer and nothing changes.

[@backagain5216]

@@1weck1 So contribute to more misery and death and continue pretending to be a good person. What a loser you are!

[@PlanetNinetyTwo]

Corruption is as old as humanity itself. The irony in all of this is that some of those customs agents probably know people in their communities whose family members have died from taking that junk. It is amazing what people will do when driven by greed.

[@MamasitaMe]

It’s funny to hear that whenever a woman commits a crime they immediately excuse it by say “She has a family to provide” but if a man is doing the exact same thing she’s doing, then he’s the worst of the worst. A criminal is a criminal regardless of gender. Stop finding excuses for women criminals.

[@cloudmidas9262]

Female*** not women

[@diegochavezpareja8600]

Amen to that

[@topdolla4045]

They think about they mommy when they charge them

[@1mikewalsh]

Dora the Importer.... Backpack backpack!

[@Rocker79]

AGREE

[@Jc-re6zl]

Mexico and USA don’t stop it because they’re both benefited from it

[@A1GeneRal831]

I feel like if the Mexican gov let the us gov take the cartels out it would be the end for Mexico , cuz the cartels are prolly where the mex gov gets most of their money from

[@blackfacehardon5163]

Exactly

[@elpri553]

Kinda wanna hit to feel the buzz 🥳🤗

[@brandonwheeler.surprise-la2226]

Mexico might bendiifut not usa

[@Jesus2faddedd]

@@A1GeneRal831 does the US even have the power to take out these cartels

[@lavishsquad]

LoL The cartel probably stuffed alot more in the news reporters car while she was inside with her team learning how to cook ahahahah

[@TrueVintageRnBFan]

Daaaaang. They probably did.😂😂

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

They put tons and pounds in hollowed out houses and sell them in the US and across the border

[@PURAMAMii]

That bag 💰 tho 😂

[@codaalive5076]

@@AnthonyDoesKZbin So much drugs can't enter US without help of government, don't be naive. Why they don't search the cars for money or weapons entering Mexico? Even if it could be done without them they could stop selling drugs in a few weeks. I've seen it being done in one country where heroin disappeared almost overnight because leaders thought cocaine will make more money.

[@martinhart9640]

She probably went down for a re-up 😆

[@AwokenEntertainment]

so crazy how they're able to get the inside story like this..

[@hazysativa3045]

Its all staged.

[@jjburnias7083]

Their called paid actors

[@LovenotHate130]

They PAID cash

[@user-qb3vi5kk3t]

Was wondering the same. As if the cartel is just going to show u what they are doing step by step

[@hazysativa3045]

@@user-qb3vi5kk3t Yep I can just hear it.... "Hey this is a pee on film crew... were wondering if you can like, umm, let us in to see how you run drugs?"

[@elrondes1]

"How to get an A on my chemistry test" Google: Here's Wikipedia Bing:

[@StrangeTimesNear]

The money changes people asap. Certain government agencies are involved for sure.

[@SHAOLINSLUMSS]

CIA

[@josephmother2659]

@@SHAOLINSLUMSS CIA the most well known for sure but there are definitely other clandestine organizations involved in trafficking drugs for the government.

[@Claytone-Records]

Kairat O’Toole, It can be ordered from China.

[@StrasnusDude]

It wouldnt be impossible without their help

[@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro6881]

I found 20.000 Yuan in the street the other day and immediately turned chinese.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

FBI: We just can't find them Cartel: Selfie Time!!

[@blackfacehardon5163]

LoL

[@babyhushpuppi2697]

The cartel is on Tik Tok

[@TheOnlyAbel]

Of course they can find them, they know we're they are but the CIA is in this, they are the ones that provide them the gun's and they obviously take money from it

[@ventureted]

they know exactly where they are and what they're doing. The cartels literally ARE the Mexican military. The US would literally have to go to war with Mexico to "stop" the cartels. Except that won't stop anything. Nothing will. People want to get high. The only actual way to stop cartels from getting rich would be to make drugs legal. Like we've done with weed.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

@@ventureted or lure them into more profitable ventures. I've heard some of them have tried recruiting through Tiktok and Twitch and have gained a mass following. If they get sponsored, they could just drop out entirely, become a media organization and rival the Ascarraga family in terms of influence.

[@Memphis901Production]

If you’re reading this and addicted to fentanyl , just know I feel your pain and you can beat it. Withdrawals are scary, but the daily struggle to maintain the habit is far worse than a week of severe sickness.

[@gracebarb7038]

So freaking true! Something a lot of people don’t account for is that even once they are clean it will always be a mental battle, if you can understand that and find ways to cope with it once you get through the sickness it’s crazy how much better life gets

[@paulanthonyyepez2915]

I've been there

[@hevsoto]

More like two weeks. I was ill for 12 days the first detox and 14 for the second one.

[@flashgraff4285]

My prayers go out to you bro I'm struggling with addiction to but it's not fentanyl my buddy does these same fentanyl pills and he said the sickness is horrible when withdrawaling.. much love bro

[@Memphis901Production]

@@hevsoto nah it’s usually about a week. Difference between being physically Ill and just being anxious/uncomfortable. The vomit, sweats, diarrhea , and stuff lasts a good week or so, but the insomnia can go on for a full month or more. Regardless of the time, getting clean from this stuff is much easier said than done.

[@YY096]

Every time i see US ambulance the first thing that come in my mind is "Damn that's gonna be expensive"

[@steviealvaalbany2730]

How rude she didn’t even try the product lol

[@plasma9839]

🧂

[@mgk0586]

I'll test it for them

[@adilsoncabral5151]

Well they didn’t offer 😂

[@salookie8000]

Not even dogs would try that raunchy, toxic product.

[@residuefingerz]

@@salookie8000 it's a nontoxic compound (other than ametuer synthesis byproduct) whereas alcohol kills your liver opioids just make you stop breathing which is the cause of death

[@mr.notimportant]

“They just let her go “ nah border patrol has deep roots in the cartel

[@olenoname1445]

Oh yeah?

[@southerncalifornia4771]

@@olenoname1445 Duh

[@olenoname1445]

@@southerncalifornia4771 my bad I must’ve forgot you had a Masters degree in border patrol roots and being a homosexual

[@PEEP070]

@@olenoname1445 😂

[@jaymesnin]

@@olenoname1445 😄

[@bellie8009]

"It's wiping out a generation" Now that's powerful knowledge.

[@makavelisoulja]

The fact you can record this lets me know some powerful people are behind getting these drugs on the streets.

[@marshallwhitmore9266]

It's our government. They make billions bringing it in and they make billions busting people with it and it keeps the population under control. We have some real evil fucks running the US

[@cruzalbertomonroysoto4267]

"getting these drugs on the streets"?, L.C ., don't you mean "putting these drugs on the streets", those POWERFUL characters really don't need to go to the "uncertified" pharmacists down the street,(they get them delivered), too much can be lost if they were spotted socializing or being too close to or with drug dealers.

[@KevinOtiem]

Because its pure lies, staged acting. No drug cartel is allowing anyone in to come and film their operations. Media is pure lies.

[@mario3mmelero571]

My best friend died from this drug, did not know he was using this crap until his ex told me what happened, so sad.

[@vantastroganoff4370]

Idiots put it in all things

[@Allergic2broke]

My best friend did too

[@tobisaur364]

Sorry for your loss. My gf was introduced to this also without me knowing. She passed last year in November.

[@mario3mmelero571]

@@tobisaur364 thank you and so sorry for your loss as well.

[@dougschmitz1098]

Was it ray in burien

[@musabinho]

From a video editor's point of view, this video is edited with passion. Well done 👌

[@alyssajade7699]

This to me is odd!! How did you find a cartel to let you film them and trust that you don’t snitch them out and allow you to watch the whole process. Even all the way to the boarder. I mean couldn’t the reporter get in trouble for being a conspiracy?? Idk it makes no sense things like this on tv always had me wondering how does this even come about

[@kali6651]

Virtually every state has a law protecting reporters from having to disclose to law enforcement sensitive information about their reporting, including the identity of confidential sources.

[@KevinOtiem]

All lies, staged acting. No drug cartel is allowing anyone in to come and film their operations. Media is pure lies.

[@DonCarmelo12]

Sean Penn interview El Chapo so what is difference ?

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

@@kali6651 Cartels don’t care about laws. I’m sure large parts of this video are fake. No way they’d allow someone to film what’s happening.

[@cierraraven2009]

Never even knew this type of stuff was happening smh , I pray this stops ❤.

[@Methxdz]

Still don’t understand how they let reporters in and show exactly how the operation works.

[@ELCLAVE300]

It's because it's fake with paid actors

[@jerryjoceguera9770]

💀☠hahaha

[@Spawn303]

It’s a show. No way cartel is letting a white girl record this lol

[@RSMegaMillions]

Its free marketing

[@salookie8000]

They had to make some contract to get access, is my guess.

[@ernesta5459]

I used to be addicted to this nasty stuff. Its all fun and games until you're hooked which don't take too long. It was the hardest thing to do is try and get off of it. Nobody understands unless they've lived through it. I dont wish that feeling on anybody. Not even my worst enemy. I was one of the lucky ones that had the help of my wife and love of my family to help me get off these things. The biggest advice I tell the younger kids is to never try any drugs. It is not worth it.

[@keemwilldoit1835]

What abt weed

[@wildestcowboy2668]

@eRnest...why did you pop pills for?

[@crand20033]

@@keemwilldoit1835 Fetnanyl has been found in marijuana. You won't die from it smoking it but you can get addicted to it in such a way that it will lead to pills and IV drugs.

[@MikeSmith-cn6ub]

It's really not be an addict for 34 years and I'm only 48 so u do yhr math

[@MikeSmith-cn6ub]

@@wildestcowboy2668 I tore all my ligaments I'm my knee and was doped up by doctors to a person like me with am addictive personality. Iv always said when I die if they study my brain fir the part that makes people addicted to anything mine would be the biggest in recorded history my wife bought me a tablet I started playing online poker I didn't stop for 5 straight years I could get addicted to jumping rope

[@thestylishman2536]

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

[@jasonsimpson7233]

you've remind me of what someone once said "The mind is the man, the poor is in it and the rich is it too". This sentence is the secret of most successful investors.

[@mysteryrecapped7453]

I once attended similar and ever since then been waxing strong financially, and i most tell you the truth..invstmnt is the key that can secure your family future.

[@joshuapatel163]

Perfect for words No sin in great wealth and no virtue in poverty

[@_Carlos_872]

I urge everyone to start somewhere now no matter how small, this is literally the time for that, forget material things, don't get tempted,i became more better the moment i realized this.

[@Matthew0266]

Yeah invstmnt is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legitimate Investment without a proper guidance of an exprt can lead to a great loss too

[@danieldonovan2360]

I pray for all those families who lost there loved ones to this horrible drug. I come from Boston mass a hart hit area and it truly is a war within a suffering scene all around us. God truly help the suffering

[@aviation11000]

"they first need to source these potent chemicals from somewhere or someone else" China: 😐

[@whatsgoingon07]

China: 🐼

[@keitheads4882]

I really believe that we need to come up with a plan to get rid of China!

[@keitheads4882]

I know that trump is a hated person but he is the only president in the history of this country that threw some punches at china!

[@huh904]

I bet it's their government and not a "gang"

[@keitheads4882]

@@huh904 they are definitely working together! I'm sure that china initiated the start of the partnership but now that the Mexican people are starting to have a problem with addiction things may change!

[@fwd105]

How about governments go after their friends who started the opiod addictions or the drug companies still producing opiods. You may not save this generation but you can save the next.

[@Erik-Vadee-Veechee]

They are fortunately. Big phama is being sued for over-prescribing opiates finally. Its a step few believed would even happen.

[@timhorton7420]

Who the hell cares if people die from drugs? Me and my family never take drugs so why the hell would I care? Let the weak be killed off by drugs I say

[@musicismysaviour22yearsago]

@@timhorton7420 yea the weak that got it prescribed from the doctors after having surgery, moron

[@orlandoduran5818]

@@Erik-Vadee-Veechee thats a step but why isn't our own Government accountable for their part in all of this.

[@orlandoduran5818]

@@timhorton7420 what till it happens to your family then we can talk then.

[@maximilianodehabsburgo3206]

Its nice of ABC to let your employees have the Spotlight for once.

[@charlesbarboza8591]

Excellent work. Thanks for sharing.

[@thecaptain1242]

I’ll stick to my weed and beer

[@royalloyalty8248]

SAME

[@yusufcali793]

Stay safe! Smoke carefully and please be aware of your surroundings when smoking. I had a really bad time last year after couple years of smoking and about 2 months of crazy smoking. Be careful my friend, know your limits 😀

[@brianfisher7498]

@@yusufcali793 qqqa

[@yusufcali793]

@@brianfisher7498 what? What do you want?

[@savagelove1044]

And cocaine

[@michaelc6346]

“They just let her go” yeah because they got paid off.

[@paulmc3457]

I don't understand what the high must be like to risk your life. It must be something incredible. I'm curious, but definitely not that curious.

[@GoldKool5]

My question is how does she not report her? How do the chemists let her film with no problem?

[@pwds5820]

It's a reenactment. No serious moving weight type people are going to let a white looking woman follow and film their moves. You can't even take pictures of plazas in Mexico as a tourist.

[@pacificswell]

For the most part, you don’t fool the dog; you fool the handler.

[@feohierro3462]

Drug-money is how the CIA funds its' operation abroad.

[@Moraleslg420]

@@feohierro3462 exactly !!

[@BrandonLawrence]

including the dogs then lol

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

Being such a big time trafficker as you are, I'm so thankful you schooled us all here.

[@far1002]

This killed a very good friend of mine and he didn’t even know what it was ..

[@KevinP32270]

godspeed.

[@LG141602]

I know people too. Is like they aren't the same anymore.

[@kenanacampora]

Sure he did.

[@rowdy4asbell]

@@kenanacampora absolutely. His friend was trying to get high, got sold this and over doses.

[@rubenmontano5589]

Sorry to hear that, my condolences. But why would he do it if he didn't no what it was?

[@carolramage8577]

Sad seeing emergency service just dragging unconscious man by his arms from car along ground. He still human.

[@KennyKnoxify]

Last week, three people I knew personally died from this within 24 hours of each other here in southern Ohio.

[@journeyfurthur6396]

That’s so sad 😞

[@steven1boricuavideo]

For every package they seize. They let 12 of them go through.

[@markrega1313]

More than thay

[@xavijaysanchez5416]

Sponsored by the C.I.A

[@VtinkySagina]

Lol

[@journeyfurthur6396]

Truly heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹

[@VapnFagan]

I love it when everyone else is to blame but the actual user/abuser..

[@77D777]

So it's the addicts fault?

[@thecr6402]

ironic considering you’re a nicotine addict LOOL

[@77D777]

@@thecr6402 right all his videos suck lol

[@VapnFagan]

@@thecr6402 I may be addicted to nicotine but you don’t see me bitching about how it’s everyone else’s fault. Nobody’s fault but your own for putting nicotine or any drug into your body.

[@VapnFagan]

@@77D777 please don’t hurt my feelings I might blame someone else!!!

[@chuck9380]

Damn it’s a lot of camera footage from different angles all while during an undercover drug bust lol

[@theretailcryptotrader439]

Lol so fake

[@robertpradella6550]

Lmao

[@marcoherrera244]

Haha for real. How do people believe this stuff?

[@zanthemeximan]

Solution is make all drugs legal, educate the population and treat people with addiction.

[@littleangels7869abc]

.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmHGhnylaseorJI

[@thumbsupcrew4427]

Its crazy to think that pain pills is legal heroin..adderall is legal speed and weed is weed

[@jimmytimmy3680]

And lose all the millions the economy makes?

[@waynenorris5711]

It really is the solution believe it or not. Prohibition never worked. My background is in recovery of people that have loved ones that use but don't necessarily use themselves. It's heart breaking!

[@alexm566]

Trauma is the number one gateway drug. Legal or not, people will pay and do anything to overcome it, regardless of "education".

[@nobody687]

The way to stop it is to make drugs legal. That stops illegal traffic and puts regulations on it . Tax it and create rehabs. Solves so many problems doesn't it. Just like alcohol

[@faiiane4384]

That works for certain drugs but def not acceptable for anything that hardcore.

[@nobody687]

@@faiiane4384 no , its all drugs, their gonna get it anyway. And you will still have the same problem. Legalized doesn't lead to more addicts , it does however lead to fewer crimes and alot fewer overdose death. Please understand the war on drugs is a war on people and human rights

[@neachabrissett3341]

The only way to stop drug traffic is when People STOP using drugs. WITHOUT NO BUYERS THERE WILL BE NO SELLERS. just saying.

[@TheFNProductionz]

That only works for the OG drugs like cocaine, opium, weed etc even alcohol but doesn't work for these new synthetic ones. Pretty much anyone that can get hold of some chemical substances can make these new drugs hence they are so cheap

[@nobody687]

@@TheFNProductionz yeah , I understand that. But Prohibition never works, it just creates gangs , and cartels. Everytime, its proven that when drugs are legal and treated as a health problem, deaths from od and murder go way down. That at first drug use increases but in a short while also goes down. Gang violence goes down , everything does, while general welfare goes up . Crime goes down. . Its a crime against humanity to have a war on drugs,

[@JuniorWA]

Reporters be doing interviews with Cartel bosses and Taliban commanders and the cops still get me for going five over

[@lisethherrera6191]

This is all fake real narcos will never record their accions.

[@IAmHereForeve]

Everyone wants to be famous.

[@scottfrost8956]

It’s not fake goofball. That’s why they wear masks

[@mrwhatsup71]

The government knos where there all are ! They don’t care when there time comes it comes

[@alexw9923]

Cartels post tiktoks.... I'm pretty sure they don't mind getting interviewed.

[@landscraper240]

-“Please pull over to the inspection area.” -“Hail Hydra.” -“Cancel that, you are free to go. Have a nice day.” See where I’m going with this?

[@LucasMartin-im5ub]

Is hydra the deep state?

[@monkeystrive7501]

@@LucasMartin-im5ub no it’s Marvel

[@LucasMartin-im5ub]

@@monkeystrive7501 Thanks, mate. Andrew Jackson called the central bank a hydra. Since they literally own and run the US, it made sense lol ✌️

[@ghastly08]

Exactly........so sad.

[@plasma9839]

🤣🤣

[@fonzerellie3518]

This is why people are homeless , that and Meth . Frickin Pitiful …

[@joejuarez9523]

What an awesome reporter. She managed to get in there where they make and the police don't find them lol

[@KevinOtiem]

Because its pure lies, staged acting. No drug cartel is allowing anyone in to come and film their operations. Media is pure lies.

[@Colt-fo5jd]

I've been clean for 4 years. I've had 12 good friends due, all from fentanyl. Addicts actually don't really prefer fentanyl over heroin, as the withdrawals set in after only a couple of hours and the high is intense but short. The most dangerous thing is that it's often people who were clean for a while, relapsed, and died that first time. It's fucking sad. Be good to yourselves and your loved ones.

[@MikeSmith-cn6ub]

You don't know chit the withdrawal doesn't kick in for 24 to 36 hours goofy ball the fentanal doesn't wear off no wear neat as quik ding dong. What kind of addictive are you ? O e that doesn't know chit from applebutter?? Fontana has more legs that herion ever dreamed of. Period

[@MikeSmith-cn6ub]

Your right about people doing what they used to so then dieing but also they are dieing from bad advice likeyoyrs if it wearing off quik. No no wears off way slower. Way slower fentanal will carry you 24 to 36 hours easily.

[@recoveredpurpose7973]

@Mike Smith the alkaloids are evolving and depends on how u using and who you are. Smoking it, many treat it like cigarettes, smoking it all day long so the half line seems longer bur there's something weird going on with each change in each of these alkaloids

[@wildestcowboy2668]

Colt 45 and 2 zig zags baby that's all we need.

[@JarranTyler1987]

I remember when heroin used to actually be heroin.... Sober for 8yrs

[@ray_skull8235]

Lol

[@TheoKaraouzas-jm8xu]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Legalize opium for sale.

[@SkyRiver1]

@@Cbd_7ohm Actually opium is legal for sale with a script. I use to work for one of the one percent in a trusted capacity. She had a scripts for both opium in the form of paregoric and cocaine as nasal drops, and she had empty bottles of the stuff all over her house. Also opium is legal and for sale without a script in the USA if you have the brains to figure out how.

[@jorgealvarado3512]

@@SkyRiver1 you can legally buy the seeds and grow your own opium poppy plants at home.

[@negumanezer]

Good reporting!

[@lildee2626]

I love watching Mariana van Zeller's reporting. She gets all down and dirty anytime she investigates a story. Its like we're right there with her.

[@leonardodalongisland]

She is technically a criminal; she can be charged with "conspiracy." She knowingly "allowed" a smuggler to bring drugs into the country.

[@lildee2626]

@@leonardodalongisland Where did you hear that?

[@leonardodalongisland]

@@lildee2626In the Logic store. Think about it Dee, do you really think law enforcement would stand by if they knew she witnessed and was "part of" the illegal manufacture of narcotics, and "abetted" in the smuggling of said narcotics into the United States!?

[@lildee2626]

@@leonardodalongisland Of course I do. The drug dealers pay off the police. Have you not seen the episodes she’s participated in? So what your saying is that all the interviews were just made up? That’s absurd.

[@leonardodalongisland]

@@lildee2626 Where did I say anything was "made up"? What are you talking about!? I'm saying she can be arrested for "her role" in the crime!!! The drug smuggler did not pay off the US customs!

[@dc9511]

Lady you have balls exposing the cartel activities. It's a miracle you are still alive

[@stephen8996]

They obviously allowed her to do this

[@ilovecannabisalot7324]

not a miracle because they agreed... Remember cartels dont go shooting up schools killing 100's of kids with thieir modify trucks and attacked 50 cal. or endless grenades.... thats a usa thing.. kids aiming at children and humas as targets... these people this is MEXICAN organized crime... you only get death if you get in the way of their money..

[@KevinOtiem]

Because its pure lies, staged acting. No drug cartel is allowing anyone in to come and film their operations. Media is pure lies.

[@TP_Gillz]

You will never stop the supply of narcotics, never, but YOU CAN slow the demand for them. Invest in addiction treatment and prevention.

[@chriscurtis8344]

That’s the nature of that bear. Somebody, someone, somewhere there’s a rat in your operation. Everyone that is a career criminal forgets this law. The law of inevitable eventuality; the snitches will sing like a canary at some point.

[@pbj0815]

$3k to potentially go to federal prison??! F no! She must really need the money.

[@mattsheezy5469]

I’m in recovery from opioid / opiate abuse, and I still think that people shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that we in the United States WANT these drugs. WE are responsible for the illicit drug trade more than any other country on Earth. Imagine if consenting adults were able to purchase an opioid (Dilaudid for instance) under strict regulations, & guidelines. Addicts would know the exact dosage, and quality of the drug, no need to share dirty needles, no need to use heroin or fentanyl, less people to lock up, Tax revenue... the benefits would be amazing, and it will Never Ever happen, because we are idiots. Mustard & fabric softener! That’s the oldest trick in the book 😳

[@michaelmcintire8781]

This has been going on since time and memorial in one form or another. You are so right, we are idiots! And shows like this trying to lay blame on the evil cartels, just perpetuate the real problem. It's all nothing more than a commodity outlawed by people who couldn't get behind it because of their own and far superior ethics. LOL So everyone just keep listening to daddy as he knows best!!

[@mattcurtis3019]

Good on your with draw u on subs now I'm 8mg a day

[@alyssahamlett]

we're not idiots were greedy, they make more keeping it illegal. they can fund police depts privatize and make prisons for profit...our govt is the master of all dealers

[@marsharowaihy6725]

I thought 💭 the same extract thing

[@woutervanlent5181]

Just to comfort you Matthew : you are not the only idiots 🤣, it's coming our way too . When it rains in America, it drips in the EU . Good luck & have a nice day !

[@drinkingsmoking]

Smoke weed stay clean don't do drugs

[@yemiojo2265]

Amazing details.

[@zeruh6]

“In the drug world she’s known as a drug mule. But I’ll call her Beatrice” 😂😂😂

[@dapencilshinobi]

Glad to see these cartels opening up to show what they do. It shows how organized they are , and that they are just guys who are filling a need for hunger.

[@robertyoung7823]

It's no secret what and how they do thing's. Drug dealers should be killed

[@terrencemills9207]

Two countries working together,Freeway Ricky Ross the US works with them

[@rs72098]

If the U.S. can stop buying blood diamonds, we can stop buying blood cocaine and blood heroin. Drug users and drug dealers are responsible for the bloodshed, not the people enforcing the law.

[@bkl8804]

I know! They are good dudes. We force them to be as violent as they are cuz we are awful Americans. Did I get that right?!

[@bertlymarcelle2515]

🙏

[@gungadin1389]

Bro, i can't imagine being addicted to this crap. Stay clean my bros!!! what he said below!!!!

[@gungadin1389]

@RIDIN’ HIGH 5150 what he said below!!!! I did give him credit :)))

[@titustitusnation1999]

That's it. Don't start taking any Pain Medication if you can. Seriously. It is so Addictive you can't imagine. Then once you have had a Taste. you know how it feels, you start seeing Pain Doctors then after so longe you are either cut off or you lose insurance to pay for it. That's when you turn to the Streets. Just suck up the pain with Tylenol or IB if you can. Straight up.

[@titustitusnation1999]

Even use Weed to help with the Pain. Just don't start with Pain Killers.

[@jerryhamer]

He's not below. He's above you my bros. Damn it i stole part of a comment. Somebody stop me. Lol

[@o.gbobbyjohnson6765]

That brick of fent she was holding was probably worth half a mill

[@1johnnyangel]

My daughter has lost 2 friends to this drug and she asked me how people can take a drug that can kill them so easily and my answer was. I too cannot understand why anyone can risk it all on a drug that can kill so easy.

[@KnockingONwood1111]

Sometimes they think they are taking some other drug. Some of them are doing it on purpose, I imagine they think they can trust the people who are hooking them up, and or are just feeling almost invincible at that age. It's a nightmare.

[@rd7726]

@@KnockingONwood1111 And why are they turning to drugs as teens?

[@Otoskire]

@@rd7726 teens are the most likely to take drugs, that has always been the case and the reasons are not so hard to understand. Naive, depressed, and impressionable.

[@zeketrick]

Scary stuff. Peace amigos love yourself and your family!

[@dayanxo4920]

I’d be too scared to even ask them a question.💀

[@thumbsupcrew4427]

Hi😊💊

[@agustinc.368]

I would stand there like this 🧍‍♂️

[@theretailcryptotrader439]

It’s fake 😌

[@randalljames730]

Thats what I'm sayin. She cute

[@mtlmenace8590]

lool its not like in the movies if they dont feel like u trying to stop them they shouldnt hurt u

[@IBdaDon]

I’m so sorry for your lost🥺🥺🥺

[@tylerdouglas8899]

I live in Tuscan Arizona 30 minutes away from the boarder and every day I see news storys that they found 1,000s of grams of fentanyl it’s scary asf

[@infidel4084]

Where are the raw ingredients coming from? They just happen to fall off the huge Chinese cargo ship? The collaboration, complexity and involvement required to strike a deal in China to purchase the raw ingredients, conceal them as cargo in an official shipping manifest, prepare them to be thrown overboard, and picked up in Mexican waters is mind boggling. I'd love to see a video exposing all the willing Chinese officials, Chinese port authorities, boat captains, and boat crews to see a full path of the fentanyl. ... but of course we will never see that. All we get to see is a linear operation of final steps that might include total of 10 people that bear the biggest risk and earn least amount of money in this trade.

[@infidel4084]

@Harry Wang Dear Mr. WANG, without a doubt the shipping lines can be infiltrated by the "bad actors" employed by the mythical Chinese Triads, and historically big organized crime has joined forces across borders in the name of profit maximization however, I find your comment ingenuine. Suggesting that the current abundance of Fentanyl arriving at the U.S. border can be solely blamed on cartels and the Chinese equivalent ie. Triads is rather ignorant or an attempt to deflect the conversation. Fentanyl is a complex pharmaceutical-grade substance that requires tremendously more complex and sophisticated manufacturing effort than cocaine (extraction from coca leaf), heroin (extraction from poppy plant), or even methamphetamine. Knowing that, and understanding the China industrial structure and control the Chinese Communist Party envokes over the means of production can point to a conclusion of intentional and strategic decision to manufacture, market, and supply a highly addictive and inherently hard-to-administer deadly pharmaceutical substance to preexisting controlled substance trafficking organizations that have penetration into the United States of America. The intent is to undermine the productive population of the United States of America through addiction and intra-generational (out of a standard sequence based on time)death. As far as the Triads are concerned, it's a known fact that Chinese organized crime structured around working outside of government control has been long eradicated by CCP. The current "Triads" are just militant operators controlled by CCP as we have seen in the recent Hong Kong uprising. Your mere suggestion of Triads being involved circles back to the deeper strategic involvement of the Chinese Communist Party in Fentanyl propagation in the United States of America.

[@MrRic007]

Can you imagine if people just stop taking it , im being hypothetical . I’m wondering what will humans run to next

[@hydrolito]

Cutting off private parts to look like opposite sex, how do they brainwash so many people?

[@stevenpham1961]

Easier said...

[@soonersdevil]

There's always something...delivered mail to police station...they got maybe 20-30 drug samples on display

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

Make drugs LEGAL

[@TheVCudi]

Jesus you’re comment is so retarded. “Imagine if people just stop taking it?” Do you have no idea that addiction is a thing and that fentanyl is one of the most addictive drugs?

[@DragonKnightMaux]

I find it hard to believe they would tell you they're operations just by walking up to them. Bulllllllll sheets

[@funDAYsmiling]

The “war on potheads/drugs,” yielded our country’s new addiction to opioids and as long as there is demand for drugs, there will be dealers to satiate the addicts’ wants.

[@gabriet2379]

@andres romeo except everyone who’s already addicted to them ?

[@gabriet2379]

@andres romeo that’s if they want to rehabilitate good luck convincing them

[@renegaderebel2223]

@andres romeo is legal in Illinois but too many meth and opioid users still.

[@LucasMartin-im5ub]

@andres romeo Psychedelics may very well be the best way to get off of opioids. This aspect and the mind expansion aspect as to not be a sheep for the government are reasons why it stays illegal. They also don't kill people. Everything about them is bad for big pharma, medical industry, and the government itself. It's always about money.

[@LucasMartin-im5ub]

Same goes for guns. Making them illegal does not affect the criminals.

[@lexismith8206]

"I can't believe it they just let her go. I can't believe it." She's been doing this for years, she knows what she is doing. It blows my mind that little mustard and fabric softener can outsmart the best dogs and drug-detecting technology.

[@carlosmag8169]

Its not the Mustard and fabric softener, it's a million or 2 for the border agents. What would you do if you were offered $1 Million cash to let a few loads through. There all in it .

[@jaymesnin]

She's only doing it for 3,000 too 😆 smh. As if there was no risk.

[@RaviSingh-xl3os]

@@jaymesnin i kno for a fact she getn more than 3k a crossing, the risk of getn caught with 5 kilos of fentynal(thats a fat prison term) best believe border patrol is in on it either by will & want for makin millions or by the cartel threatening his family the smugglers kno exactly what lane to go thro the lane were the paid border patrol is & he will jus wave the car on by.

[@alex619leal]

@Miles Maillet *plata o plomo

[@conohernandez251]

La reportera puede perfer la vida por algo que aga que no le paresca al cartel de sinaloa

[@rafaeldelrio9987]

Rest easy my cousins ,love your soul randy always remember you

[@masiomasio]

I can’t believe this was 1 year ago . . .

[@PickemMMA]

I been one year clean, you all can do it too

[@vantastroganoff4370]

All hypocrisy These fiends blamin govt Im.happy you quit All the same idiots repeating lined LINES

[@Scratchingforcash]

Good stuff, stay away from that crap 💩

[@RealD8]

From fent?

[@PickemMMA]

@@RealD8 from dent and heroin and weed and Xannax, I only smoke cigarettes now sometimes and feel much better

[@ZeroSpawn]

@@PickemMMA Can i has some of your left overs?

[@Dee-so5fq]

How many people are going to die from that shipment we all witnessed

[@htx_carlos4766]

People stupid enough to use it its natural selection

[@francissmithers1008]

It always amazes me how these journalist get there way in to be able to accurately report these things...

[@thtadventureguy4048]

Easier than you think. Just go to Mexico and the first taxi you get will know. Then you offer a deal. Let them know your intentions and that's it. You get to see these. Police dosen't care bc they can't stop the cartel. It's like wondering where to go fishing, just ask someone who likes fishing and they will show you the secret spots with the conditions of not telling anyone

[@Britteno]

No way that girl would let an outsider know that she was smuggling something over the border, risking her own and her familys life, this is total bulls..it.

[@JuanOrtiz-ty3og]

Pain patients need to be apart of this conversation.

[@maggiemae7539]

You do not want this drug!

[@raggazo23]

How come reporters are more sophisticated than the FBI ? 🤔

[@ratuvidovi7933]

Money does the talking, give them cash, access granted. Well hopefully I'm only guessing, that's how the system works.

[@aharonemanuel4010]

@@ratuvidovi7933 👀

[@Island8282]

A better documentary would be on how these reporters get access and how these guys consent to having a whole ABC News/Nat Geo special on them and how it goes down behind the cameras. Netflix are you listening?

[@swosene]

Legalize drugs, regulate them, tax them, close jails and prisons and open rehabs. Fentanyl isn’t the issue, it’s prohibition.

[@LilUziSquirt99]

Bingo!

[@brandonice9137]

All this fentanyl and my plugs still run dry.😂😭

[@cbucio93]

My cousin passed away February 3 because of this 😔. He went to rehab 3 to 4 times. That last time he came out a changed man. Carrying a bible with him everywhere, highlighting certain things, showing me the word of the lord. Something I never seen him do. Then one day at work I got the call 😢. Addiction is no joke. First person in my life to pass. First funeral I've been to. 23 years young. I love you primo and I miss you so much.

[@randomcat6228]

Sorry to hear that.

[@johnphantom]

I feel your pain. About 3 years ago I lost a close friend that I had spent a month touring Europe with, among other things, to opioids. He wasn't addicted in 2005 when we went to Europe, it was after that he had an injury and got hooked on opiates through a doctor. He struggled with it for about 10 years before overdosing one night. Had a good life too, 5 yo daughter, a company he had started and was on its way to success (his brother runs it now) tons and tons of friends (he was very outgoing) and now he is gone leaving a huge hole in my life, leaving me imagining the pain his most precious thing to him must have, his daughter.

[@randalljames730]

Damn bro I'm sorry. Do him right and do what he told you and follow the lord.

[@toasternfriends3329]

@@randalljames730 Barf.

[@ronswansonsdog2833]

There is 100% no way a cartel would ever allow filming. If so, I’d be scared shitless if I were that female reporter.

[@sbrown3943]

Thanks 😊

[@rsouza68]

This is a humane way to allow suffering people to end their lives.

[@TheSnowboardGuyBreezy]

This is very interesting I’ll be watching next one

[@xxvanilla_bunniesxx1213]

the fact that theyre saying what they do on youtube and still cant get caught bruh

[@MobstersInc]

Mad times

[@alynavar6718]

My respects to this reporter 😳she could've gotten killed by the cartel.. this is so sad I just lost my son-in-law due to this 🥲(pills) please people stay away from all this .. at the end your loved ones are the ones that stay out here suffering once you're gone 🙏🏽🕊

[@josephhunter907]

S h e went in to el chapos home town in 2016 when he escaped for final time looking to interview his mother aswell 😂😂 brave women they told her never come back or they kill her

[@sameenbehhhe9802]

4:08 “I’m starting to to think my team and i should get the hell out of here”

[@868freeman8]

Then stays anyway 😂😂😂😂😂

[@K-SD-DAD]

My addiction is mountain biking and camping. If you keep yourself busy, you don't have time to do drugs.

[@pamelastevens2404]

Please show this to our school kids, this is really killing us people

[@Eric345]

It’s all pharmaceutical companies fault. They started it.

[@sanjogh777]

Not pharmaceutical companies, PBMs. Google it.

[@ChinoMakalao]

And cartels too

[@apw9929]

People have been smoking opium for thousands of years. Deranged criminalization of drugs and a society full of people with no hope for the future who hate their lives is why there is a current problem

[@alreed2434]

@@apw9929 Bingo.

[@Camilajj97]

@@ChinoMakalao they didnt start the opioid crisis, they're just taking advantage of it. They were trafficking marihuana and cocaine. They didn't make people addicted to opioids, big pharmaceuticals did.

[@jimmyjam2540]

Wait so you can knowingly watch someone smuggle drugs and record it and not be in trouble??

[@KevinOtiem]

Because its pure lies, staged acting. No drug cartel is allowing anyone in to come and film their operations. Media is pure lies.

[@whofarted2903]

Let's just tell our secrets on the mustard and fabric softener to detect ourselves 😂

[@pimpmac4993]

these people don’t feel about about their product killing people because it’s their choice to take it lmao

[@xbowgaming5777]

Plus he said he has his products stamped😂 if it kills you then that means the product was altered, so it wasn't his fault lol

[@captainroberts6318]

It didn't seem like he interpreted her as talking about ODing, more like the possibility of him cooking a bunk batch

[@thetruths7389]

Fentanyl even killed George Floyd with the help of Derek Chauvin.

[@digitalhippie2336]

Are you saying that we should send all blm folks to Mexico to fight the cartels ? 😏

[@Robeburtson]

Don’t forget the meth

[@digitalhippie2336]

@@Robeburtson Almost left the house without it. Thanks bro

[@nhksam9203]

@@digitalhippie2336 wait no thats actually not a bad idea