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First in Fox – Kentucky Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman has hope that the Trump administration addresses a problem that, according to him, is a little known “escape” that allows fentanyl shipments to enter the United States.
“At first glance, this is a hyper technical and bureaucratic, but what it is is to close an escape,” Coleman told Fox News Digital in an interview on Monday. “And it is closing a escape in which we receive a lot of shipments from abroad, particularly China, which they receive under this type 86 with little or no inspection. And that should surprise people, that there is little or no inspection in this environment of threats.”
Coleman refers to a Pilot Customs and Border Protection program of the USA (CBP) called type 86 input, which was introduced to rationalize the import process for low value shipments, particularly those associated with electronic commerce. But Coleman, along with other republican general prosecutors, says that the “use of the program far exceeds its original scope” and “raises serious concerns about the avalanche of mortal drugs that arrive in our country.”
Kentucky Ag Russell Coleman is leading a letter of state AGS to the Trump administrator that urges them to take energetic measures against a little -known “lagoon” that allows posters to send fentanyl to the United States. (Getty images)
“We are seeing more than one billion packages sent through this escape last year,” Coleman said. “That is in an environment that, I would say that we face a threat that has never existed before, and it is this, no margin of error environment in which we are trying to raise families and protect families, and that is an environment where a pill can and is killing people and is killing Kentuckians.”
Coleman said they urged the Biden Administration to investigate the program, and now they expect The Trump administration Will respond to a letter they sent on Monday. Most shipments come from Mexico and Chinasaid.
“The type of entry 86 now represents 75% of all minimis assets that enter the United States, with shipments that increase from 153 million in 2015 to more than 1.2 billion in 2024,” wrote the Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem and the customs and border protection of the US. “Any increase in this magnitude requires more study, especially when it comes to potential challenges within our system Customs
China is an important fontanilo source country that arrives in the United States. (Paul Yeung/Bloomberg through Getty Images and Dea)
The application of the law and those in the shipping industry are aware that this lagoon exists, said Coleman, and it is unlikely to surprise those who receive this information, and there are continuous dialogues about the potential hazards of packaging packages with agencies for the application of the law.
“This is how drug trafficking is seen in the 21st century,” Coleman said. “It looks very different from ‘Breaking Bad’. It looks very different from what we saw a decade ago.
“I am optimistic that the administration will respond,” he added.
Opioid pills are shown in this photo of an inaa incursion. (Dea Rocky/X Rock Division)
Trump has taken several steps to take energetic measures against drug cartels since he assumed office in January. Trump signed an executive order that designates the main Mexican drug cartels, including posters of the new generation of Sinaloa and Jalisco (CJNG), as foreign terrorist organizations, which allow actions such as freezing assets of individuals or groups that support these posters and improve criminal penalties.
In addition, after significant arrests of Cartel leadersThe Administration authorized the intelligence agencies, including the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Recognition Office (NRO), to use satellite surveillance to monitor the border between the United States and Mexico.
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In Addition to Kentucky’s Coleman, Attorneys General From Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisian South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming joined the letter.
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