The number of US citizens convicted of fentanyl trafficking in southwest border districts has sharply increased

Number of fentanyl trafficking convictions by citizenship status, 2018–2024

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Sources: “Commission Datafiles,” US Sentencing Commission, 2018–2024.

Note: Fentanyl convictions include fentanyl analogues. People who only entered through extradition to the United States were not included.