MEXICO CITY (KABC) -- 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.

MEXICO CITY -- 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.

Maribel Alvarez, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Arizona who specializes in folklore and culture of the Southwest, has been researching the Sleeping Mexican for 10 years.