Avantor Stops Sale of Chemical in Mexico Used to Make Heroin
- Company bars product as authorities prepare criminal probe
- Bloomberg report sparked move by Mexico’s attorney general
Source: Sinaloa Public Safety Agency
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A U.S. company selling a chemical across Mexico that is essential for making heroin stopped all sales in the country after a Bloomberg Businessweek investigation found it was easily diverted to produce the drug fueling a U.S. epidemic. The decision was made public Tuesday as Mexican authorities said they were opening a criminal investigation.
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