Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with scores of law enforcement officers in Corpus Christi to discuss measures being taken to secure the border and combat the fentanyl crisis.
“Cartels are bringing fentanyl across the border in record amounts,” Abbott said. “Texas DPS alone has confiscated enough lethal doses to kill every man, woman and child in America.”
He said, “this past year we’ve seen a record number of people lose their life because of fentanyl, the precursors of which are made in China and shipped to Mexico. Cartels make them into drugs that are then sold in the United States. Last year alone in Texas, we had almost 1,700 people who lost their lives because of fentanyl overdoses.”…