'People will keep dying': Fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border cities - BBC News

More Mexicans are consuming the deadly drug, leading to a spike in overdoses.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Paramedics in Tijuana say they are seeing increasing numbers of suspected fentanyl overdoses on their nightshiftBy Will GrantBBC News, Tijuana, MexicoThe scene which greeted Tijuana's paramedics as they entered 'La Perla' bar in the early hours of the morning was grim.

Two men were unconscious - a heavy-set man sprawled on the floor, his friend slumped in a chair - both clinging to life by a thread.

Once more, the city's emergency services had been called out following a suspected fentanyl overdose - increasingly part of every nightshift, says paramedic Gabriel Valladares.

"It's getting worse. We're seeing more and more, and it's always fentanyl," he says.

The synthetic opioid is 50 times stronger than heroin and is making the paramedics' job much harder.

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