(NewsNation) — As the Trump administration continues to prioritize cracking down on the movement of drugs across the southern border, Mexican drug cartels have pivoted how they move fentanyl into the United States, often by pairing it with other illicit drugs such as cocaine,

Since early September, the U.S. military has carried out at least a dozen targeted strikes on suspected drug boats. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the latest strike, which officials said killed four suspected narco-terrorists on a boat traveling in the eastern Pacific.

In June, Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which is aimed at lessening the amount of fentanyl entering the United States. The law also toughens penalties for those convicted of trafficking drugs into

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