00:01In the waters of the Caribbean, decisive strikes are chasing suspicious boats that carry neither missiles nor bombs,
00:09but a weapon that slips through seas and borders, claiming the lives of tens of thousands of Americans every year.
00:17We are talking here about fentanyl, which Trump has officially classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
00:25The formerly classifying fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction.
00:31Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used medically in precise doses to relieve severe pain.
00:38But it turns into a devastating killer when manufactured and trafficked illegally, often mixed with other drugs, making it more lethal and harder to detect.
00:48In the United States, fentanyl flows in through complex smuggling networks.
00:55And with this new designation, Washington opens the door to stricter security, military and intelligence tools to pursue trafficking routes and curb the growing tragedy.
01:07A move that comes amid a U.S. buildup near the Venezuelan coast and rising tensions with neighboring Latin American countries, which deny any role in smuggling this silent weapon.
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