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2 U.S. Embassy officials among 4 anti-narcotic agents killed in car crash following drug lab raid in Mexico

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Four anti-narcotics agents, including two American embassy workers, were killed in a car accident while returning from a major drug raid in northern Mexico, prosecutors said Sunday. On Friday and Saturday, six clandestine synthetic drug labs were raided in Morelos, in the northern state of Chihuahua, following a three-month investigation, state prosecutor Cesar Jauregui told … Read more

Tear gas, pepper spray and arrests as protesters try to storm a Wisconsin beagle lab

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BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. — Hundreds of animal rights activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired tear gas and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader. It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters … Read more

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

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NEW YORK — The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted a list of more than two dozen types of testing that have become unavailable. This is not the first time the CDC … Read more

14 million doses of fentanyl seized from secret drug lab in Mexico

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Mexico’s government said Thursday it had seized 14 million doses of fentanyl, the latest major haul in a drive to stem the flow of the powerful opioid into the United States. The Public Security ministry said the drugs were found during raids on a clandestine drug laboratory and warehouse in the municipality of Villa de … Read more