“We are laser-focused on rooting out the procurement networks fueling the Russian war machine,” said Matthew Axelrod, an export enforcement official.
Multiple sailors have suffered fentanyl-related deaths at the base housing the Navy's boot camp, and at least two sailors now face criminal charges.
The Coast Guard spends more than $2 billion annually as part of the effort to stop illegal narcotics from entering the United States.
Authorities have now found a total of five bodies, leaving 34 missing five days after the vessel capsized on the way to Florida from the Bahamas.
By Adriana Gomez Licon
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