Federal authorities believe two adults are behind a fentanyl ring in Carrollton that led to three students' deaths and several more juvenile hospitalizations.
According to a recently unsealed affidavit, 21-year-old Luis Navarrete and 29-year-old Magaly Mejia Cano are facing drug distribution charges.
They identified 9 students from RL Turner High School, Dewitt Perry Middle School, and Dan F. Long Middle School who had overdosed between September 2022 and January 2023. Three of those teens died because of the overdose, 6 had to be hospitalized. The pair had allegedly been distributed "M30" or Percocet pills containing fentanyl to teens in the area.
"On multiple occasions, law enforcement members have observed Navarrete and Mejia Cano conduct hand-to-hand transactions with multiple individuals who sometimes arrive on foot and in vehicles. Many of the hand-to-hand transactions were with juvenile students of RL Turner High School," the affidavit states.
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