The Washington Post reports the U.S. government's average monthly seizures of fentanyl at the Mexican border have dropped by more than half — from 1,700 pounds in 2024 to 746 pounds this year, according to Customs and Border Protection data.
But The Post is confused about why.
Its recent article, "The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border," has earned some scorn from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
"The Washington Post just ran one of the most ridiculous headlines ever, even by their standards," she said, clarifying that "this administration's strong border policies are the reason there has been a decrease in fentanyl trafficking."
Nicholas Fondacaro of Media Research Center (MRC) says the article goes to great lengths to credit anything and anyone but Donald Trump. They suggest the war within the Sinaloa cartel, lower demand, and shortages of fentanyl's ingredients for its sudden absence at the border.
Fondacaro, meanwhile, is mindful of the paper's motto, "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
"If The Washington Post doesn't see why drug seizures are down, then they are truly in the dark," he submits. "Hopefully in the near future you'll see a team-up between The Washington Post and Scooby-Doo to get to the bottom of this mystery."
He agrees that the Trump administration clearly deserves credit for stopping the flow of fentanyl at the border.
"The drug cartels no longer have the cover of the migrants to try to get things through, and now they're just going to be sitting on these drugs, trying to wait for a better opportunity, perhaps another Democratic president that's just going to allow people in," the media watchdog suggests
