Mexico was the sole producer of the contraband as it came from button-shaped seeds of the peyote cactus found in the country," explained a source. "The drug became hugely popular for a brief ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico on Wednesday found 32 kilograms of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple known as nopales.

While these spiny cactus paddles are staples in Mexican cooking ... the edible cactus fruit is called tuna. Flat and ...