Mexico Seizes Nearly $40M Worth Of Meth After Trump Forced Action On Drug Trafficking

The Mexican government seized nearly $40 million worth of methamphetamine amid pressure from Donald Trump to take more action to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the United States.

The roughly 440 pounds of meth seized by Mexican authorities took place over the weekend during an operation to destroy unlawful drug laboratories in the state of Sinaloa, the heartland of the ruthless Sinaloa Cartel, according to CBS News. Law enforcement also captured over 3,170 gallons of chemical precursors used to cook the meth during its operation.

The major confiscation came just weeks after Mexico caved to sweeping tariff threats by the Trump administration. Faced with the prospect of 25% tariffs on all goods exported to the U.S., her country’s largest trading partner, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Feb. 3 agreed to help stem the flow of illegal immigration and illicit drugs by beefing up border security.

Sheinbaum announced she would deploy 10,000 members of her country’s national guard to the U.S. southern border, with a particular focus on blocking fentanyl. In return, Trump agreed to pause its tariffs on Mexican imports for one month as he assesses progress.

Sheinbaum’s willingness to meet Trump’s demands coincides with an illicit fentanyl epidemic that has rocked the U.S., with more than 21,000 pounds of the drug being seized at the southern border during the final year of the Biden administration, according to Customs and Border Protection data. One single kilogram of fentanyl can kill up to half a million people, according to