The coronavirus is dealing a blow to the illegal drug trade, disrupting supply chains in China of chemicals used to make such drugs as fentanyl.
Many of Mexico’s border factories are flouting orders to suspend operations, worsening the spread of the coronavirus.
“The quarantine of Wuhan and all the chaos there definitely affected the fentanyl trade, particularly between China and Mexico,” said Ben Westhoff, author of “Fentanyl, Inc.” Some Chinese companies that once pushed precursors are now advertising drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump
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