Mexico announces another big fentanyl seizure before Trump’s tariff deadline [Video]

Mexico’s government, under mounting pressure from President Trump to curb drug trafficking, announced Friday that it had seized 18 kilos of fentanyl hidden in a bus.

Mr. Trump has cited illegal flows of the deadly opioid and migrants as the main reasons for a planned 25% tariff on Mexican goods that the White House said would take effect on Saturday.

“The president will be implementing tomorrow 25% tariffs on Mexico, 25% tariffs on Canada and a 10% tariff on China, for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced and allowed to distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on Friday.

The Latin American nation has announced a series of major fentanyl seizures in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to highlight increased efforts to combat drug smuggling.

The latest haul was discovered in the spare wheel compartment of a passenger bus during a search …