TBI Says Mexican Cartels Working in Tennessee

November 18, 2022 Peter D'Abrosca

According to a Wednesday report, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) says dangerous Mexican cartels are actively operating in Tennessee.

“There are two primary cartels that we have found very connected to almost everything we do,” TBI Director David Rausch reportedly said. “That is the Sinaloa Cartel out of Mexico and the new Jalisco Cartel. Both of them are actively, very engaged in operations in Tennessee and we are working closely with our friends at the DEA on addressing that head-on.”

Rausch has said in the past that these criminal enterprises are responsible for trafficking fentanyl, a deadly drug that is often laced with other drugs. Just a tiny amount of fentanyl is enough to kill.

TBI is reportedly working with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) daily to try to combat the drug trafficking.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States topped 100,000 fentanyl deaths between April of 2020 and April of 2021.

The CDC says more than 150 Americans die each day by overdosing on synthetic opioids.


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