A woman who admitted to selling pills laced with fentanyl leading to the overdose deaths of several teenagers is headed to prison.
On Wednesday morning, Magaly Mejía Cano learned her fate nearly a year after she plead guilty on one count of distributing a controlled substance to a person under 21 years of age.
Astudillo's son José Pérez was one of three Carrollton-Farmers Branch students fatally poisoned by fentanyl-laced pills. Nine other minors overdosed and survived. Investigators with the DEA Dallas Division Field Office determined the illicit were distributed from the Carrollton couple’s home located just around the corner from R.L. Turner High School.
According to the family, Rogers thought she was taking OxyContin to manage pain from endometriosis. They’d later learn it was laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl.Wednesday’s outcome, Peña said, proves there is still more work to be done in the fight against fentanyl. Kinkeade said he agreed Federal Prison Camp, Bryan was a good fit and encouraged her to make use of the programs available.Fentanyl
Drug poisonings are the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Fentanyl available in the United States is primarily supplied by two criminal drug networks, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel .Brightly-colored fentanyl, dubbed"rainbow fentanyl" in the media, is being seized in multiple forms, including pills, powder, and blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk.
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