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In a development that mirrors a plot from Breaking Bad<\/em>, the United States government<\/strong> has confirmed that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)<\/strong>, one of Mexico\u2019s most dangerous criminal organizations, was operating a large-scale methamphetamine lab in Kenya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks CJNG’s first confirmed presence in East Africa<\/strong>, indicating a worrying expansion of its global operations, according to the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report<\/strong> published in March 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lab, hidden within a simple iron-sheet structure<\/strong>, was located in Namanga<\/strong>, near the Kenya-Tanzania border<\/strong>, a strategic area for smuggling drugs into Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, and beyond<\/strong>. A multi-agency raid dismantled the lab in September 2024<\/strong>, in what authorities hailed as a major victory against international drug trafficking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US officials warn that despite a reported decline in drug seizures in Kenya<\/strong>, traffickers could be manipulating market prices<\/strong> for greater profits. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether the meth produced in Kenya was for local use or international distribution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a development that mirrors a plot from Breaking Bad, the United States government has confirmed that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of Mexico\u2019s most dangerous criminal organizations, was operating a large-scale methamphetamine lab in Kenya. This marks CJNG’s first confirmed presence in East Africa, indicating a worrying expansion of its global operations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"US Confirms Mexican Cartel\u2019s Meth Lab in Kenya, Signaling Global Expansion. | Getu Fm","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17407","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"business,news","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"iErbWWZbgqhFeFMPcqeU1bfB7LC_C_70GPQUr_BVDuA","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Getu Fm | Gaka Ni Getu","og:type":"article","og:title":"US Confirms Mexican Cartel\u2019s Meth Lab in Kenya, Signaling Global Expansion. | Getu Fm","og:url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17407","og:image":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image.webp","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image.webp","og:image:width":1008,"og:image:height":630,"article:published_time":"2025-03-19T09:56:56+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-03-19T10:00:55+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/getufmradio","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@getufmradio","twitter:title":"US Confirms Mexican Cartel\u2019s Meth Lab in Kenya, Signaling Global Expansion. | Getu Fm","twitter:creator":"@getufmradio","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"17407","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2025-03-19 09:54:56","updated":"2025-07-09 08:02:07","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"

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