'This is the greatest threat that we’ve ever faced in drug law enforcement,' said Frank Tarentino, special agent in charge with the DEA addressing fentanyl.
"This is the greatest threat that we’ve ever faced in drug law enforcement," said Frank Tarentino, special agent in charge with the DEA addressing the drug.Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said day care operator Grei Mendez, her husband, Felix Herrera Garcia, and Carlisto Brito, were arraigned and ordered held without bail.
The prevalence of fentanyl fueled a necessary conversation Thursday night about the deadly drug at a Family Fentanyl Summit at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.— Andrea Thomas"When you talk about 110,757 Americans dying form fentanyl poisoning and drug poisoning and overdoses, that’s catastrophic and that’s record-breaking," he said.
The thousands of faces of fentanyl victims at the DEA’s headquarters in Arlington Virginia paint a grim picture of the masses impacted."I wish that somebody would’ve told us about fentanyl in 2018 before I lost my child," she said."I lost my daughter Ashley Ramiro, 32 years old, to half of a counterfeit pill that was made with fentanyl," Thomas shared.
"People think that drug use is an epidemic on street corners and under bridges and really, it's happening in our workspaces.""Fentanyl is the most lethal synthetic manmade that we’re finding mixed in all types of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, heroine – it's coming in pill form, all shapes and sizes," Tarentino explained.
In addition to giving out information, the DEA’s office, and other organizations connected to the summit, are giving out dosages of Narcan in hopes of saving a life from a potential overdose.Gaudencio Rosendo Perez, Zulema Cardenas Espinoza and Alexander Samboy were all arrested and charged following the drug bust at Mexzzarella Pizza in the Soundview section of the Bronx.
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