Drug Trafficking and Fentanyl

Mexico’s Navy-led forces killed Pedro Inzunza Coronel, alias “Pichon,” on Sunday in Sinaloa during an anti-drug operation, detaining two alleged associates after an exchange in which the suspect attacked personnel, officials said. The U.S. DOJ charged Coronel and his father in May with narco-terrorism, trafficking and money laundering as leaders of a Beltrán Leyva Organization faction; Mexican authorities previously seized more than 1.65 tons of fentanyl tied to their network, and the U.S. Ambassador praised the joint results.