This was the largest meth lab raid in recent years. Authorities say it contained tens of thousands of pounds of meth and precursor chemicals. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00This was the scene shortly after the Mexican Armed Forces raided what it says is the largest
00:04meth lab in recent memory. They're calling it a mega laboratory, with the Mexican Navy saying
00:10the lab contained more than 91,000 pounds of meth. Authorities say they also found thousands
00:16of pounds of precursor chemicals used in meth production as well. The raided lab was in Sonora,
00:21a state in Mexico's north. This was the second secret meth lab to be discovered in the state,
00:26but this one was much, much larger. According to the Navy, the lab contained 72 laboratory reactors,
00:32which Reuters reports is five times as many as were found in the last meth factory. In fact,
00:37this was the largest meth lab rated in President Andres Manuel López Obrador's administration.
00:43The U.S. has long been putting pressure on Mexican officials to deal with their illicit drug
00:47manufacture and trafficking problems, though Mexico has more recently snapped back at the U.S.,
00:52pointing to illicit firearms manufactured in the United States that have been trafficked into
00:57their territory, ultimately arming the very cartels the U.S. once stopped.