footballers has denied accusations by the us treasury department that he's connected with a mexican drugs cartelrcelona and monaco and captained his country in a record four world cups — has given a voluntary declaration to the mexican attorney general‘s office. he has also said that he would cooperate with any investigation. today, i am the subject of an investigation by the treasury department of the us for alleged fa cts department of the us for alleged facts relating to a criminal organisation. i categorically deny any relation with those organisations. i clarify that i have not and never participated in any of those organisations. let's get more on this story and speak withjuan pallierfrom bbc mundo from mexico city. how big a star is he in his home country? he is the most loved football in the country. it is almost a religion. and it is quite successful as well. he won two championships with barcelona but he has been a key and influential member of his national team and he was hoping to become next year, the first one to captain a team at five world cups. he may still achieve this but righ

today's target led to members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican cartel. it's time to strike. >> got him. you definitely already found a large sum of money. we'll continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there's more dope. >> reporter: during our week-long look into the crisis, others grappled with with one family 1500 miles awayaway in kentucky. she doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we've heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: by 2:30 p.m., veronica's pronounced dead from a heroin overdose. >> she was gone. our daughter. she was gone. >> reporter: veronica leaves behind her own 4-year-old daughter, ray lynn. according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdoses in 2015. some of the blame lies with doctors. during the week we tracked, three doctoris stood accused of illegally prescribing pain medications to their patients. according to diamond's incan diemt, his action resulted in the overdose deaths of seven his patients. he has pled no

only the subterranean infrastructure, the authorities have found more than 110 tunnels built by mexican cartelsarco tunnels. in this cemetery, one of them hides in plain sight. this is the entrance of a tunnel which was recently filled in. they used to carry drugs to the other side of the border and as you can see, the fence is just about 100 metres from here. 0n the american side, tony estrada has been a sheriff for 25 years. he isn't sure the wall president trump wants to build will be effective. they're very creative. if you do anything, they'll go under it. they'll go over it and they'll go around it. so it's a phenomenon that's not going to stop. no wall, no matter how beautiful and big and expensive, is going to stop people that are desperate, people that are needy, and people that are poor. arrests of undocumented immigrants in the us have increased by nearly 40% since president trump's crackdown. but estrada believes this is missing the point. illegal immigration, as far as i am concerned, pales compared to a drug problem. when you are spending resources on illegal immigration and you a

one of mexico's most famous footballers denies connections with a mexican cartel.

today's target, alleged members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican cartel. it's time to strike. >> we definitely already found a large sum of money. we'll just continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there is more dope in here. >> reporter: during our week long look into the crisis, others grapple with heartbreak. one family 1,500 miles away in kentucky, 23-year-old veronica, young and full of life doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we have heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdoses in 2015. >> we're hitting the main guy's house. this is the main target of this whole investigation. >> reporter: back in arizona, we're with dea agents as they continue to take down that suspected ring. >> looks like they are getting ready to go in. >> reporter: agents search the house, then jackpot. >> we're still searching, but we have pulled out 15 pounds of heroin. >> street value would be what? >> this wou

. >> melissa: breaking news right now on the opioid crisis, federal authorities as a mexican cartelsted making their own fentanyl instead of getting it from china. the dangerous drug is 30-50 times stronger than heroin. will carr is live in los angeles, very disturbing details. >> authorities tell us it's critical to talk about fentanyl which is linked to sony overdoses across the country. we got an exclusive to see exactly how it's coming into the united states. take a look at what we found. >> the whole thing is a nightmare for the country. this epidemic of opioid addiction. >> during a recent bust at the border, fentanyl was discovered. as is dangerous that law enforcement has to wear a full hazmat suits just to handle it. this drug is killing americans at a dramatic rate across the border. deputy u.s. attorney and dea special agent believe it's a direct result of the cartel ramping up their fentanyl production. instead of wrapping it up from china, they've now set up labs in mexico. speak out you can smuggle a lot less fentanyl and spread it out then you can with traditional hero

their power and funding from narcotics sale sales. 100% of their narcotics are supplied by the mexican cartels. >> realigns, interstates, airports to come together to form a transportation hub. on burdened by high taxes, drug distributors use chicago to get narcotics to the middle of the nation. >> chicago has the second largest mexican american community in the united states. just like organized crime used family ties, the cartels exploit family ties. >> the dea says the capture of walking guzman has hurt that cartel but the new generation cartel have stepped up to lead to the heroi. seizures, arrests are up. new investigations if the price of heroin is down. >> our assessment is that other cartels have increased their share of the market for heroin distribution. >> ain't going to never slow down. >> drug agents are seeing fentanyl show up in chicago, a synthetic heroin or opioid. oftentimes it's mixed with heroin to increased potency. people are saying it mixed with synthetic marijuana, party drug drugs. get the buyer hooked and you have a customer for life. >> bret: mike tobin, thanks. tomo

some smuggled by mexican cartels. is another way fentanyl is getting into the united states. that is in the mail, ordered online. and we looked into how easy it actually is. take a look. in montgomery county, ohio, what local officials call the overdose capital of america, the synthetic opioid fentanyl, is causing carnage like america has never seen. and law enforcement says it's just a click away on the internet. >> they can order it from china. and they'll mail it to your house. >> so you're telling me people are actually sitting at home in dayton and going to their computer and people are just getting mailed packages of fentanyl. >> yeah. yep. typically they mail them to a vacant house, which we have plenty of, but they can house, order from china. >> we decided to put that to the test. this is two producers with me, and we're going to try. the first thing, buy 3m fentanyl from chinese labs. >> it has been growing in usage in the united states in the last decade, it's a highly potent opioid linked to thousands of d

we saw human trafficking, drug trafficking, crime from mexican cartels. of that has stopped. he's going to emphasize that. however, if he does go to the place of attacking jeff blake, he will be in very good company. jeff blake's approval rating starts at a low of 18% and goes to a high of 35% so it won't necessarily be bad for him. >> harris: all right. you mentioned the border and the fact that george w. bush was the last president to visit down there. so that makes it a success city among those that we look and talk about. the trump doctrine, kind of all fits into that. you heard representative king call it that earlier in the hour. where are democrats on this? because this messaging just might be very strong among debates and now we'll have a lot of members of the base in front of him tonight. >> yeah. i think we have a lot more to learn about what we're doing in afghanistan. certainly, it's a huge escalation, it appears, of our military activity. the president obviously promised something other than that. we're also waiting to learn about what the sp

you touch it or inhale it and much of the illegal fentanyl in the united states is smuggled by mexican cartelsing into the united states through the mail. take a look at this. in montgomery county, ohio, what local officials are calling the overdose capital of america, the synthetic is causing carnage like america has never seen and it is just a click away on the internet. >> they'll mail it to your house. >> people are sitting at home in dayton and going to their computer and people are just getting mailed packages of fentanyl. >> yeah. typically they mail them to a vacant house, which we have plenty of. they can mail order it from china. >> back at my desk we decided to put that to the test. this is mitch and arne the two producers i have been working with on the story. we're just going to try. buy fentanyl. the first thing that pops up at the top is buy 3 -- >> clearly acknowledges the deadly effects of fentanyl. >> growing in usage in the united states and overdose from fentanyl is problematic, especially when it's included in street heroin in order to increase potency. still they offered

just sessions nobody wells fargo bought walk over here what could be a lot of billions from mexican drug cartels thanks to the previous attorney general where is jeff sessions on that why isn't he going after the funding of the of the of the fine of the of the of the drug lords sessions this is a clear a b c. line of thought there's no equivocation here there's no doubt that sessions policy is promoting drug lords well also just chat sessions is famously a racist and has had recent background and a lot of the research going around by saying of states rights overriding states who don't want you know here's we have thirty seven states we don't want the police to be able to seize your property saying forget that i'm overriding your state's rights and where it's going to impose the will of the federal government and my racist policies my sick policies my twisted policies on you this is also the reason why people are going for things like more narrow i know you're going to be interviewing that the guy behind one arrow in the second half cryptocurrency is to provide you a little bit of safety in these

i tell people a if you look at heroin mexican drug cartels develop perfect business models. they control down to the street level. some point they may sell it off to the local dealers. what kicks n i call it pizza delivery system. you pick up the phone and call. they'll deliver it. they get you started and i'm told, i'm not medical expert, the ratio between early stage heroin addict and late stage heroin addict, the amount taken can be high 101. they're chasing a high. what the reason i think you get fentanyl is two things. it's easier for the drug dealers to get. it's cheaper for them. they can make more money on it. number two, it's a way to broadcast that -- this is something different. this is a better high. the irony is that when we get a situation where five, six, seven people die in a weekend in ohio, we're on fentanyl and it's a didn't potency is there. the demand appears to go on. we worry -- we put the bulletin. out. local law enforcement say be careful. we're encouraging people to go seek a higher high. nothing makes sense about this. i think it's clear people bra

law i canner with connections like this into the mexican drug cartels, you're talking about somebodylso therefore has access to a vast network of hit men. so that is why they take it seriously. trish: this all started essentially with a twitter fight? i mean marco rubio and cabeo of venezuela were going back at it on twitter. it escalated that authorities are concerned enough they step up security for marco rubio? >> precautions make sense. most likely it is bluster but when you look at background of individuals involved, i mentioned the vice president he is on the treasury sanctions list, he is a narc crow trafficker. cabeo is a narc crow trafficker. trish: you don't think of that. when you think of venezuela and you think of oil. >> that's right. trish: messed up oil market and can't use technology there to their advantage. you don't think drugs like you would think of in mexico. >> drug kingpins are running the country, want it to be the perception of oil and revolution and all this other stuff. they don't want people focusing how they have become billionaires, incredibly wealthy

i tell people that if you look at heroin, mexican drug cartels have perfected a business model. they develop it in mexico, ship it across the border into ohio they can drink it to this the stick it to the street level and sell it to drug dealers. you pick up the phone you call, and they will even deliver it, they get you started, and i am told i'm not a next for them told that the racial between early-stage heroin addict and it late stage her and alex, the amount taken could be as high as 100 to one so a $10 a day habit can become a $100 a day habit. they are all chasing a high. for dealers to get, it is cheaper for them, and they make more money on it. also it is a way to broadcast the this is something different and something hot. the irony is that when we get into a situation for five or six people dying in one weekend, in the city in ohio, obviously because we are on fentanyl or carfentanil, a different approaches see or something there, the demand appears to go off. we worry, we put the bulletin out and local law enforcement says, look, be very, very careful. what we were y

the mexican drug cartel also contains these. heroinly used fed not in produced in mexico. the cartels discovered manufacturing it is much more cost defens effective. sees the u.s. southwest border is 5% or 10%. once it is distributed and local american drug markets, many people use drugs with heroine or prescription pain pills. the uses more poetic and the .rugs they were simple the addictive nature parent with the high cost has led pco's to compete for a portion of the u.s. truck market. is not onlyanyl dangerous for the people who abuse drugs, but law enforcement and first responders who can actually come into contact with it. accidental skin content or -- isn contact or inhalation one of the biggest challenges we face a more enforcement. in response to the dramatic increase in the availability of and close correlation with other federal departments and agencies develop the heroine availability and reduction plan to reduce the supply of heroine and fentanyl in the united states. we are targeting supply chain networks, according the and international partners, and providi

i tell people that if you look at heroin, mexican drug cartels have perfected a business model. they develop it in mexico, ship it across the border into ohio they can drink it to this the stick it to the street level and sell it to drug dealers. you pick up the phone you call, and they will even deliver it, they get you started, and i am told i'm not a next for them told that the racial between early-stage heroin addict and it late stage her and alex, the amount taken could be as high as 100 to one so a $10 a day habit can become a $100 a day habit. they are all chasing a high. for dealers to get, it is cheaper for them, and they make more money on it. also it is a way to broadcast the this is something different and something hot. the irony is that when we get into a situation for five or six people dying in one weekend, in the city in ohio, obviously because we are on fentanyl or carfentanil, a different approaches see or something there, the demand appears to go off. we worry, we put the bulletin out and local law enforcement says, look, be very, very careful. what we were y

the president also talking to pena nieto about the cross border drug problem as well as the mexican drug cartel saying they're sending drugs to chicago, los angeles, new york. up in new hampshire. i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug infested den which prompted the senator from new hampshire on the democratic side to say such talk was disgusting. the governor said the president is wrong in his assessment. also there was released the transcript of the phone call when malcolm turnball, the prime minister of australia, and the text of that was really about the discussion over what to do with 1250 refugees that turnball was holding in off shore detention centers in australia that the obama administration said they would accept. the president saying this is going to kill me. i have the world's greatest person that does not want to let those people into the country. i agree i can vet them but that makes me look so bad and i have only been here a week. the president going on to say honoring that deal makes him look like a, quote, dope, and then saying i will be seen as a weak and ineffe

cartel. why? to find out, we head to ciudad juarez on the u.s.-mexican border. it's home to powerful drug cartels and some of the worst violence in the country. anyone brave enough to report on the situation is living on borrowed time. the newspaper "norte" was founded 27 years ago. it's had a turbulent history. its offices have been torched and robbed. even shots have been fired here. >> it was an attack. that's a pretty standard way of threatening, intimidating, and silencing the press in mexico. specifically, investigative reporters who are doing important work. >> miroslava breach refused to stop reporting for the p papern the ties between politicians and the drug cartels. she cast a light on shady dealings and angered a lot of people. miroslava: a critical voice was silenced. >> reporters say the mexican state is part of the problem and does nothing to protect them. 99% of all murders in the country go unpunished. the newspaper closed down for its own protection. miroslava: we've seen what happens with journalists in mexico. all the crimes that go unpunished

mexican the. other viber. the cartels for this area is they've pretty much. means they have scout cities and they have a string of them that goes from south to north all the way up to where their drop off points are regardless if it's human or drugs that is coming. they have a guy with them and that guy is called. the coyote has communications with the guys on top of the most. wealth. in the five years it's getting worse the violence is escalating because it's. my name. i am and i work with that humanitarian aid organise. you know more intense we go out to different places in the desert where we have a map to migrate trails and so we leave food water and socks and sometimes blankets in strategic locations where people are likely to just find. that they were indeed tiring but i think it's really important and i think i'm in a pretty unique position where i speak good spanish and have some medical skills. i can be hard because i think a lot of the time when i just think about what we're trying to fight against and what people with people who are crossing are de

the child delivered , her to her illegal parent in virginia, the illegal parent had paid a mexican drug cartel to smuggle her daughter into the united states. in other words, this illegal alien parent in virginia had paid a drug cartel to smuggle her young daughter across the united states. what the judge says was that he pointed out all the dangers of this, all the people at been killed by the cartels, young women have been raped and otherwise assaulted. what did the government do? they delivered the child to her parent in virginia. now, i certainly agree that this unaccompanied minor, although they were accompanied by a human smuggler, should be reunited with her parent. but as the judge pointed out, rather than then removing the child and the parent from the united states, they did absolutely nothing about it. they prosecuted the smuggler, but they simply delivered the child. so what did the judge say? he said the u.s. government was completing this criminal conspiracy and encouraging more parents who were illegally in the united states to pay these drug cartels, they are the ones who then

i mean, i tell people that if you look at heroin, mexican drug cartels have a business model. they ship it into our southern borders and into ohio control it on the street and at some poent -- and it's a delivery system, i call it pizza delivery, they get you started and i'm told, not a medical expert. theearly stage heroin addict and the late stage, the amount 100 to 1. what goes from $100 a day habit to $1,000 habit. the reason i think you get to fentanyl, one it's easier for the drug dealers to get and cheaper for them and they can make more money on it and number two, it's a way to broadcast that you know, this is something different. this is a better high. the irony, the irony is that when we get a situation where five, six, seven people die in a weekend in some city in ohio, able because we're on to fentanyl or carfentanil, it's a different potency and the demand appears to go up. and we worry, we put the bulletin out and local law enforcement says be very, very careful. we worry we're just encouraging people to take a higher high. it's just, nothing makes sense about th

the child, delivered her to her illegal parent in virginia, the illegal parent had paid in mexican drug cartel to smuggle her daughter into the united states. in other words, this illegal alien parent in virginia had paid a drug cartel to smuggle her young daughter across the united states. what andrew, the judge said was that he pointed out all the dangers of this come all the people at been killed by the cartels, young women have been raped and otherwise assaulted. what did the government do? they delivered the child to her parent in virginia. now, i certainly agree that this unaccompanied minor, although they were accompanied by a human smuggler, should be reunited with her parent. but as the judge pointed out, rather than then removing the child and the parent from the united states, they did absolutely nothing about it. they prosecuted the smuggler, but they safely deliver the child. so what did the judge say? he said the u.s. government was completing this criminal conspiracy and encouraging more parents who were illegally in the united states to pay these drug cartels, they are the ones

. >>> a former arizona tech worker faces charges that he tried to sell information to a mexican drug cartelrt miller asked an informant for $2 million. in exchange, he allegedly planned to provide the cartel with computer access to track law enforcement. miller worked for honeywell. the company says he was fired for reasons not related to the case. >>> 16 years after the 9/11 terror attacks in new york, the remains of another victim has now been identified. the identity of the 1,641st victim was discovered through dna retesting of remains recovered at ground zero in 2001. it's the first time in more than two years, actually, that a previously unknown victim has th man's family wants to keep his identity private. about 40% of those killed, more than 1,100 victims, still remain unidentified. >>> google has fired an employee behind a controversial memo criticizing its diversity policies. senior engineer james demore says he was fired after writing a memo on women in tech jobs on biological differences, not discrimination. that memo created a firestorm on social media and google's ceo accused h

it's a very dangerous place for mexican citizens to live. the cartels run the plazas down there.an smuggling and drug trafficking. there's reasons i hope they will work with us and me and senator cornyn who are filing a bill on border security. to that extent, we should expect they step up. it's in our best interest. >> does this transcript that "the washington post" published show in your mind that the president was, at the least, not fully honest with the american people or lied to the american people about the belief mexico would pay for the wall? >> i'll defer that president to the president. i don't know the full context of the discussion. i haven't read the transcriptions, i will. at the end of the day, it's never made sense to assume we were going to build a large wall. we have a smart approach to it. it's an approach the new chief of staff agrees with. i know border security experts and people in the rank and file do. we want to make this better, not lose the opportunity to secure the border and make the homeland safer. >> thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >>> what

mexican products, that the u.s. could send troops to mexico if mexico doesn't fight back harder against the drug cartels, a war that's cost thousands of mexican lives. many were shocked to read the president's comments. also, somewhat shocked to see that president trump at least in the transcripts seems to think the wall is something -- it's more of a political issue than an actual thing that will be built. of course, both leaders say at the end of the conversation that they will try to move past the disagreement and not talk about it anymore. of course, everyone here is talking about it. that has not worked. >> you wonder in a larger context how other world leaders will fear their conversations with president trump will be leaked, might it make them clamp down in the future. time will tell. patrick moynihan, live for us in mexico city. thank you, sir. >> interesting transcripts to read. >> yeah. including the one with malcolm turnbull of australia. very interesting. the leaks here have to scare this administration. >> yeah, whether you support the president or not, it is -- it is disturbing that a discussion with th