The US Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced on Tuesday that more than 80 percent of the roughly 100 defendants federally charged with trafficking fentanyl in Portland are illegal aliens from Honduras and Mexico. The apprehensions began in 2023 and remain ongoing as federal and local authorities work to rid the sanctuary city of drug-related criminal activity.

As a result of the crackdown on open-air drug markets, authorities have seized more than 100 kilograms of fentanyl, 40 guns, and $1.3 million in proceeds. "That is enough fentanyl to kill 50 million people, or Oregon's population, 11 times," the US Attorney's Office said in a press release.

Scott Bradford, the Oregon US Attorney, vowed to prosecute and imprison anyone involved with the fentanyl drug trade in downtown Portland, an area that has been riddled with years-long open-air drug abuse, resulting in overdose deaths and an increase in crime.

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