U.S. Missile Strike on Alleged Narco-Boat Tied to Maduro and Ohio Indictment of Chinese Firms Signal Dramatic Escalation in War on Fentanyl

From Maduro’s Venezuela to Chinese precursor companies, the administration widens its whole-of-government crackdown on synthetic drugs.

WASHINGTON — The United States has dramatically escalated its war on fentanyl traffickers this week, with a missile strike on a suspected Venezuelan narco-vessel and a sweeping indictment naming nume…