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International drug trafficking routes

The primary conduits for fentanyl and cocaine into the United States, with most fentanyl flowing through Mexican routes and most cocaine originating in Colombia.

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Jan 13, 2026
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What countries smuggle in the most drugs into the USA. What drugs? and how?

Illicit drugs reaching U.S. consumers come largely from Latin America, with cocaine originating primarily in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia and synthetic opioids—most notably fentanyl—linked to production...

Jan 7, 2026

Fentanyl flows from China to Venezuela and to the US

The available reporting and official analyses do not support a clear, direct pipeline of fentanyl routed from China to Venezuela and then into the United States; instead, most intelligence and open-so...