HOUSTON — One of Mexico's most powerful cartels was hit with a massive financial loss this week after hundreds of millions of dollars worth of chemicals used to make meth were seized and brought to Houston.

The operation on the high seas marked the largest seizure ever by U.S. law enforcement of chemicals used to produce meth.

According to Homeland Security, nearly 700,000 pounds of chemicals were being shipped from China to the Sinaloa Cartel. The feds say that's enough to make $569 million worth of methamphetamine.

After the chemicals were brought to Houston from the Panama Canal, it took 24 18-wheelers to transport them to a secure Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) storage facility.

Agents seized six shipping containers of benzyl alcohol, a solvent used in the manufacture of p

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