“Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl constitute a leading cause of these deaths, devastating thousands of American families each year,” he said. Officials also accused Chinese company Yason General Machinery of working with a Mexican supplier and contact who previously provided pill equipment to a person linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. That individual used the machines to create superlabs in Mexico with the capacity to produce millions of fentanyl-laced pills weekly, Treasury said. The Chinese Embassy in the United States condemned the US move late Tuesday. “The US sanctions against Chinese companies and citizens will add more obstacles to China-US counter-narcotics cooperation,” it added.

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