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Administration says it is halting deadly drug flow from Mexico

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Government and independent data show a sustained, material reduction in illicit drug flows from Mexico into the U.S. attributable to administration actions (e.g., seizures, interdictions, trafficking metrics).

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The White House released a presidential message marking the 178th anniversary of the United States' victory in the Mexican–American War, recounting key events such as the capture of Mexico City and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ceded 525,000 square miles to the U.S. The statement frames that history as foundational to American sovereignty and connects it to current administration priorities: stricter southern border enforcement, drug interdiction, dismantling "narco-terrorist networks," recent trade agreements with several Latin American countries, actions regarding the Panama Canal, and a foreign policy described as "America First" and tied to a reasserted "Trump Corollary." The message also honors the soldiers who died in the conflict.
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  1. Scheduled follow-up · Feb 15, 2026
  2. Completion due · Feb 15, 2026
  3. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 12:06 PMTech Error
    Unable to access several key government documents (DEA NDTA, some CBP dashboards) due to server access errors during evidence collection. Retry access later to confirm up-to-date seizure and production data before making a final verdict. Recommended follow-up date: 2026-02-15.
  4. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:30 AMMisleading
    Available federal data show large quantities of illicit drugs — including thousands of pounds of fentanyl seized at the U.S.–Mexico border in recent years — and tens of thousands of U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to occur, so the claim that the administration is “halting the flow” overstates reality. CBP and other law-enforcement reports document ongoing seizures at the southern border (e.g., ~21,000 lbs fentanyl seized in FY2024 at the southwest border); DEA and CDC assessments continue to identify fentanyl and other synthetics as major threats (and provisional CDC data still show tens of thousands of overdose deaths in 2024). Verdict: Misleading — there is evidence of progress in enforcement and declines in overdose deaths, but not of a complete halt in drugs entering the U.S. through Mexico, so the claim overstates and implies a cessation that the data do not support.
  5. Original article · Feb 02, 2026
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