The Friendship Bridge, connecting Brazil and Paraguay near the iconic Iguazu Falls, has long been a route for smugglers moving cheap, illicit goods, like cigarettes and electronics. But in recent years, Brazilian authorities say smugglers have found a far more lucrative product: weight-loss drugs. As demand for GLP-1 based medications explodes in Brazil, seizures of unauthorized weight-loss drugs have soared along the Brazilian-Paraguay border. More than 76,000 pens, vials and other products containing drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide were seized at the border in the first half of 2026 — nearly three times the number confiscated during all of…