{"id":17407,"date":"2025-03-19T09:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:00:55","slug":"us-confirms-mexican-cartels-meth-lab-in-kenya-signaling-global-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17407","title":{"rendered":"US Confirms Mexican Cartel&#8217;s Meth Lab in Kenya, Signaling Global Expansion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image.webp 1008w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image-980x613.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmYYAvyXoAAH-TP-og_image-480x300.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1008px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a development that mirrors a plot from <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>, the <strong>United States government<\/strong> has confirmed that the <strong>Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)<\/strong>, one of Mexico\u2019s most dangerous criminal organizations, was operating a <strong>large-scale methamphetamine lab in Kenya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks <strong>CJNG&#8217;s first confirmed presence in East Africa<\/strong>, indicating a worrying expansion of its global operations, according to the <strong>International Narcotics Control Strategy Report<\/strong> published in <strong>March 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab, <strong>hidden within a simple iron-sheet structure<\/strong>, was located in <strong>Namanga<\/strong>, near the <strong>Kenya-Tanzania border<\/strong>, a strategic area for smuggling drugs into <strong>Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, and beyond<\/strong>. A <strong>multi-agency raid dismantled the lab in September 2024<\/strong>, in what authorities hailed as a <strong>major victory against international drug trafficking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US officials warn that despite a <strong>reported decline in drug seizures in Kenya<\/strong>, traffickers could be <strong>manipulating market prices<\/strong> for greater profits. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether the meth produced in Kenya was <strong>for local use or international distribution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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