KAMI BORDER CZAR

LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT OPEN BORDER, KAMI! As Fentanyl Overdose Rates Rise Among Latinos, So Do Calls for Government Action Erica Gunderson | July 1, 2023, The synthetic opioid fentanyl remains a danger in Chicago, especially in Black and Latino communities, where the odds of a fentanyl-involved overdose have significantly increased in recent years. Cook County data shows 262 Latinos died from an opiate overdose in 2020 — that’s nearly twice the number of deaths recorded in 2019. Consul General of Mexico in Chicago Reyna Torres Mendivil wrote an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about how more collaboration and cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments needs to happen to effectively curb fentanyl production, trafficking and use. “This is a constant conversation, and it has to be addressed from many fronts, not only the law enforcement. … It’s a multi-faceted issue,” Torres Mendivil said. “You cannot address the traffic of these illegal substances without addressing, for example, the traffic of weapons into Mexico, that kind of our end in the hands of criminals in Mexico. What I meant to address in that op-ed is how this is affecting our communities on both sides of the border. And on top of all these things, all these legal aspects, law enforcement aspects, security aspects, is the human component, is a human factor and how we all should be doing more addressing that particular part of this tragedy that’s going on in our communities.” https://news.wttw.com/2023/07/01/fentanyl-overdose-rates-rise-among-latinos-so-do-calls-government-action