"A White House social media post misleadingly links deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro with the US fentanyl crisis. The X post includes a video highlighting parents who lost children to fentanyl overdoses thanking President Donald Trump for capturing Maduro. Angel Families thank President Trump for saving lives & capturing Maduro the kingpin flooding America with deadly fentanyl, the White House's January 5 X post said. Justice is being served."
"But neither Venezuela nor Maduro plays a role in smuggling fentanyl to the US. The majority of US fentanyl comes from Mexico and is made with chemicals from China, according to US government reports and drug policy experts. Vice President JD Vance addressed fentanyl in a January 4 X post, the day before the White House's post, saying cocaine is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela."
The White House posted that Angel Families thanked President Trump for capturing Nicolas Maduro, labeling him the kingpin flooding the United States with fentanyl. US troops abducted Maduro and his wife on January 3, and they pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges in New York federal court on January 5. The administration has repeatedly linked Maduro to fentanyl trafficking. US government reports and drug policy experts state that most US fentanyl originates in Mexico and is produced with precursor chemicals from China. Venezuela primarily serves as a transit country for some cocaine, and most cocaine entering the United States does not transit through Venezuela.
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