U.S. citizens are being used as fentanyl ‘mules’ [Video]

The majority of people caught at the southern border with fentanyl are U.S. citizens, according to new data obtained by a policy research institute.Here in New Mexico, the drug has been blamed for the state’s current crime crisis. As a result, hundreds of millions in tax dollars have been spent trying to add treatment programs.“I see it every day,” said Raul Bujanda, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office. “And, anytime we go and do a search warrant, it’s rare that we do a search warrant at a house. Whether it’s having to do with a crime against a child, with us having to do something on national security, whether it has to be something that you would expect, violent gangs or a drug-related search, and you don’t find these drugs.”Deep dive: Target 7 InvestigatesExperts say the cartels are hiring U.S. citizens to act as drug mules.”They …