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The US government has sanctioned Chinese companies that supplied Mexico with the ingredients needed to produce fentanyl, a type of narcotic pain reliever.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on the 14th that it has designated two Chinese companies and five individuals in China and Guatemala as targets for sanctions for supplying fentanyl-activating substances to drug gangs in Mexico that make illegal fentanyl for sale in the US market..
The Ministry of Finance has approved the Chinese chemical company WSBT and its owners and sales representatives.
Another Chinese chemical company, SXPC, exported fentanyl-inducing substances to Mexico knowing they would be used to produce illegal fentanyl, the Treasury Department explained.
Meanwhile, the US has been asking the Chinese government to cooperate with Chinese companies to stop them from exporting fentanyl raw materials to drug gangs in Mexico in order to cut off the supply of fentanyl, which has become a social problem serious
