[Trailer] 'These Counterfeit Pills Are Very Well Done': Victor Avila on China's Role in US Overdose Deaths

In this special episode we sat down with Victor Avila, former ICE special agent and author of “Agent Under Fire.” He touches on China’s role in getting illicit drugs like fentanyl over the border and into the US, how widespread trafficking is in the US and much more. Avila said, "China has a major role in Mexico, in conjunction with the cartels, as they're the primary producers and providers of the precursors and chemicals to the cartels that produced the methamphetamine and fentanyl especially that counterfeit pills. There's over 100 super labs in Mexico right now that produced these drugs and that continue to pour into our country mostly through our southern border." "According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, one out of every four pills in this country right now is a counterfeit pill. And so you have this this surge in deaths in the young population, mostly in college age students, which might not necessarily be drug addicted or just experimenting with a pill. They take one that happens to be a counterfeit pill full of fentanyl, and they overdose on it. And let's not forget the the meth as I travel around the country. The Methamphetamine is a huge impact on a lot of communities, especially when it comes to crime and the crime associated with that a highly addictive drug. And I've seen it in towns that most people will not expect To the method where it's ending up, and that's states like South Dakota and Montana as well," he added. We also sat down with Antonio Graceffo, China Economic Analyst. He touches on how China’s influence has been popping up around the world and how it’s taken over an entire continent. Graceffo said, "You know, before you borrow money from China, you have to really think it through now, one of the issues is that China has a strategy of essentially looking for countries that the IMF, the World Bank, the Paris Club, you know, the standard lenders will not lend to because these other organizations have conscience. And they'll actually say, Listen, you know, Country X or Y, you're already heavily in debt. And if we loan you more money, we're going to be putting debt on top of debt. And it's going to overburden you, and it could crash out your economy and do all kinds of horrible things, your currency, you can collapse it, and this and that. And so they won't lend to them. Like basically out of conscience. And then China shows up, they go, oh, you know, the West rejected you, I'm your friend, I'll loan you this money. And then they loan them the money and then they push them over the edge or right to the edge. The other issue that I have well, as far as you asked what the impact on other countries say an impact outside of country excellent say, a country at x in Africa has borrowed a bunch of money from China." He added, "And then countries that owe money to China won't condemn it. And little by little, these African countries are just gonna get sucked into this China orbit. And meanwhile, these debts, China claims that they they are not taking ports, and they're not taking airports, in places like Kenya. If you look at the contracts, that that is what is happening, and you're gonna wind up with China controlling seaports in Africa, they're gonna control airports, I mean, they already have a military base in Djibouti because they'll be building other bases. And it's, it's just this Chinese juggernaut that one of the advantages of the dictatorial system that China has." Have other topics you want us to cover? Drop us a line: chinainfocus@ntdtv.org And if you’d like to buy us a coffee: https://donorbox.org/china-in-focus Subscribe to our newsletter for more first-hand news from China. Follow China in Focus on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChinaInFocusNTD Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@chinainfocus Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/chinainfocus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NTDChinainFocus Gab: https://gab.com/ChinaInFocus Telegram: https://t.me/ChinainFocusNTD Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List”