Chemical feedstocks for synthesizing fentanyl, primarily supplied by China to Mexican cartel labs, that sit at the center of the US opioid crisis and US-China trade diplomacy.

The world's dominant synthetic stimulant, manufactured industrially in Myanmar, Mexico, and Afghanistan, funding armed groups and reaching record seizure volumes as the global drug economy pivots away from cropland.

Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG dominate global fentanyl and cocaine supply chains, driving a conflict that has killed more than 463,000 people since 2006.

Sinaloa and CJNG-allied factions match Chihuahua's legal logging output; PROFEPA shuts 25 sawmills as timber money buys Chinese precursors

Army kills the CJNG founder in a US-assisted operation; narco-blockades and shootouts ripple across multiple states, and a succession war opens