See, earlier, by Ann Coulter: OK, Who Ordered The Mexican Heroin? and  much earlier, by Sam Francis: What We Really Get From Mexico, November 21, 2002

In 2017, 70,237 Americans died from drug overdoses. That puts the average daily death toll at about 192. The number of deaths has gone up every year since 1999, and is on track to keep growing. And growing by quite a bit, too—in 2016, the total number of overdose deaths was 63,600; in 2015, it was 52,404; in 2014, 47,055. Total number of overdose deaths in the last four years: 233,296. That’s the equivalent of killing the entire population of Springfield, Illinois, two times over. For a more thorough look at these numbers, see my essay, An Immodest Proposal For Ending The Opioid Crisis, originally published on Social Matter, March 20, 2018.

The overwhelming majority of these deaths are suffered by poor whites. But regardless of race, drugs are the number one cause of death for all Americans under the age of 50. The drugs racking up far-and-away the most deaths are heroin and its synthetic variants, such as and most especially, Fentanyl.

Where are these drugs coming from?

A cursory glance at the Drug Enforcement Agency’s recent activities tells us quite a bit.

• On June 20^th a “Paterson, New Jersey man” was charged with,

one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and a quantity of cocaine (Count One), possessing with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and a quantity of cocaine (Count Two), and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (Count Three).

This “New Jersey Man” is named Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, and he is currently sitting in a prison in the Dominican Republic for attempted murder. Full press release here.

• On June 18^th in Concord, New Hampshire, a “man” the DEA had earlier arrested was sentenced to 150 months in prison for his role in a, “conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.”

Who was this man? One Jesus Rivera. Of course, Señor Rivera should get life in prison, but a dozen years and some change is certainly better than nothing. Full press release here.

• On June 17^th, in Connecticut, a dealer was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a drug ring whose bust netted

…more than 500 grams of heroin, more than 300 grams of fentanyl, more than one kilogram of cocaine, three firearms, over $90,000 in cash, vehicles, jewelry and precious metals.

His name: Samuel Cruz. Full press release here.

• On June 14^th, a crew of African smugglers were charged with, among other things, “participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 10 kilograms of heroin.”

The four men: Moazu Kromah, Amara Cherif, Mansur Mohamed Surur, and Abdi Hussein Ahmed, and each is a citizen of one or another African country. None are American citizens. Full press release here.

• On June 11^th in New Haven, Connecticut, 14 men were charged with trafficking “heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.”

Their names: Malbin Rubiera-Herrera, Juan Lantigua-Cid, Eduardo Ramos, Brian Abreu, William Claudio-Suarez, Pedro Orta-Rivas, Osvaldo Hodge, Steven Santos, Jose Angel Suarez, Mario Llanos-Ayala, Roberto Anthony Torres, Michael Miller, Takai Quntay Bellamy, and Christian Rivera-Torres. Full press release here.

• On June 6^th in California, a trafficker admitted to, “transporting 14 kilograms of heroin and fentanyl.”

His name: Joselito Colindres. Full press release here.

• On June 5^th in Concord, New Hampshire, another crook was sentenced to 170 months for participating in the same crime, conspiracy to distribute, and to distribute fentanyl specifically.

His name? Julio Pizzini. And the leader of this conspiracy was one Sergio Martinez. Like Señor Rivera, Señor Pizzini should get life, but again, about a decade and a half is at least a start. Full press release here.

• On June 5^th, the DEA intercepted 50 pounds of heroin and fentanyl destined for New York City. One agent involved in the bust had this to say:

Fentanyl is the deadliest threat facing communities nationwide. Through this investigation, we have saved lives; we intercepted 23 kilograms of fentanyl that had a lethal capacity to kill the population of New York City before it hit the streets.

22 individuals linked to the bust have been indicted, all of whom were working for the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexican criminal organization. One of the 22 has had his/her name withheld from the public, but the other 21 are: Carlos Rodriguez Santana, Charlie Rodriguez, Robert Goldberg, Rafael Rodriguez, Jose Jaquez, Santiago Jose Martinez Sanchez, Silvia Vidal, Roberto Gonzalez Franco, Mario Alberto Urbina Garcia, Oscar Alessandro Garcia, Carlos Vazquez, Damaso Rodriguez, Felipe Marquez, Leonardo Villar-Cruz, Juan Serrano, John Torres, Jose Muniz, Eduard Ventura de Leon, Carlos Miguel de Leon, Victor Manuel Burgos Ramos, and Carmen Delia Burgos Ramos. Full press release here.

• June 5^th also saw a drug pusher in upstate New York pled guilty to “to possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl.”

His name: Victor M. Diaz. Full press release here.

• On June 3^rd in Ohio, another death-peddler was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for his participation in “a methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin trafficking conspiracy.”

His name: Salvador Ramirez, better known as “Listo,” which is the rough Spanish equivalent to the nickname “Slick.” Señor Ramirez was working on behalf of Eduardo Bonilla, who apparently ran “an international drug ring from his Ohio state prison cell from 2015 until June 2018 while serving a life sentence for murder.” Full press release here.

Fundamentally, solving America’s current dystopian plague-like wave of overdose deaths requires a fully-secured border.

Simultaneously President Trump should consider redirecting our country’s drone strikes from the Middle East to northern Mexico’s poppy fields and ramshackle drug plants. [Mexican drug cartels, poppy farmers and the US fentanyl crisis, by John Holman, Al Jazeera, May 7, 2019]

After all, in 2001, the USA bombed and invaded Afghanistan for its role in the death of the just over 3,000 Americans killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. That casualty count is just a pittance compared to what we are seeing today.

Hubert Collins [Email him]  writes regularly for American Renaissance and here at VDARE.com. You can follow him on Twitter here.