Exposed: 'Fascinating' alliance between China, Mexican drug cartels

Massive amounts of precursor chemicals coming from China are being used to supply super-labs in Mexico for the production of methamphetamines and more – and America is being harmed in the process.

OneNewsNow spoke to a former head of the Special Operations Division (SOD) of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) about the global drug trade, which uses precursor chemicals in illegally manufacturing narcotics and psychoactive substances. According to Derek Maltz, China's participation in the global drug crisis an "underreported story" and that "it's been going on for years and the average person doesn't even realize it."

However, he does acknowledge that in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the DEA "did an amazing job cutting off the ability for 'mom and pop' labs [in the U.S.] to produce meth." During that period, importation of precursor chemicals into the U.S. to produce meth was targeted with great success.

As a result, the former DEA executive says, drug-dealing "kingpins" like Chapo Guzmán and others recognized the U.S. success as "a golden opportunity to make a killing — so … they started bringing in massive quantities of precursor chemicals from China and other countries in Asia."

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