A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to distribute hard drugs while on duty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Bronx resident Grace Rosa Baez, 37, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin and three counts of […]
New York City cop accused of conspiring to sell ‘kilogram quantities’ of fentanyl, heroin on the job
October 22, 2023 by
Homeless man horrifies San Francisco neighborhood with ‘free fentanyl 4 new users’ sign
October 19, 2023 by
A homeless man in San Francisco has put up two signs outside his tent residence that are angering some of his neighbors, according to a recent report. “Free fentanyl 4 new users,” one sign reads in a picture taken by the San Francisco Chronicle. “Meth for stolen items!” the other sign reads. “It’s not a […]
NYC police release photos of drugs found stashed in day care where 1-year-old died from fentanyl exposure
September 22, 2023 by
Police in New York City released photos of the drugs found under a floor trapdoor at a day care center in the Bronx, where a 1-year-old died of a fentanyl overdose last week. Divino Nino Daycare owner Grei Mendez De Ventura, 36, and neighbor Carlisto Acevedo Brito, 41, were arrested Saturday on 11 charges, including […]
Sinaloa Cartel exports fentanyl ‘kitchens’ from Mexico to Colombia amid international crackdown
August 18, 2023 by
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — On March 16, two Mexican nationals arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia. As both were getting off the plane, Colombian National Police officers approached them and asked for their documents. Even though they provided counterfeit passports using fake identities, the Colombians knew that their real names were Carlos […]
Attorney General Garland announces indictments against El Chapo’s sons, blasts China for fentanyl epidemic
April 14, 2023 by
The Justice Department on Friday announced a wave of indictments against members of the Sinaloa Cartel, which authorities are calling “the largest, most violent, and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world.” The indictments were unsealed in the Southern District of New York, Norther District of Illinois, and District of Columbia. Top lieutenants of […]
New Jersey Middle School Teacher Overdoses on Fentanyl in Front of Students
March 14, 2023 by
A New Jersey middle school teacher is facing charges after he overdosed on fentanyl in front of a classroom of students. Frank Thompson, 57, an art teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School, was found unconscious and unresponsive by a school resource in a second-floor classroom after 9:00 a.m. on November 29, according to the Westfield Police
TX School District Confirms Fourth Student Killed by Fentanyl: ‘A Precious Child’
November 18, 2022 by
Officials with Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in Texas said Wednesday they lost another student to a fentanyl overdose. Four students have now died of fentanyl or suspected fentanyl overdoses in the past few months, according to the school district, KVUE reported. In a letter to the CISD family posted Wednesday, school officials said an
Blake Masters Blasts Mark Kelly for ‘Pretending’ to Care About the Fentanyl Crisis
November 7, 2022 by
Trump endorsed Senate candidate Blake Masters tore into Mark Kelly for “pretending” to care about the fentanyl crisis right before the election after years of inaction. “Mark Kelly just two days ago announced some new fentanyl bill he’s trying to run in the Congress, It’s performative, he didn’t do anything for the first 22 months
‘They Have Their Heads In The Ground’: TX Gov. Abbott Blames ‘Open Border’ Biden For Surge Of Fentanyl
May 29, 2021 by
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration is ignoring a growing surge of deadly fentanyl at the southern border and has “their heads in the ground.” WATCH: “Open-border Biden is what is bringing this in … I’ve got to tell you, I’m angry but more importantly, we have farmers and…
Sessions Announces Indictments Tied To Massive Chinese Fentanyl Network.
April 29, 2018 by
The announcement from Sessions came after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Jian Zhang, owner of a chemical company based in China, and four financial associates from China who worked directly for Zhang. The five Chinese nationals allegedly used Zhang’s company, Zaron Bio-Tech, to import large amounts of fentanyl and even […]
Enough Fentanyl to Kill Millions Found En Route to U.S. South of Border.
January 28, 2018 by
A traffic stop led Mexican authorities to seize enough fentanyl to kill millions of people as well as almost 1,000 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and other drugs that were headed to the California border. This week, Mexico’s National Security Commission announced the seizure of 45.5 kilograms of fentanyl that were found as part of a […]
Trump Signs Bill Unleashing $9 Million For Border Agents Fighting The Flow Of Fentanyl
January 11, 2018 by
President Donald Trump is backing congressional efforts to beef up screening security at the U.S. border and ports of entry to stem the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl onto American streets. Trump signed the INTERDICT Act into law Wednesday, unleashing $9 million in federal funds for new personnel, facilities, testing equipment and screening devices for […]
Sessions Warns That Mexican Cartels Are Starting To Make Their Own Fentanyl.
December 16, 2017 by
Drug labs manufacturing the deadly synthetic opioid driving the national overdose epidemic are starting to crop up across the border in Mexico. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Thursday that Mexican cartels are beginning to produce their own fentanyl instead of relying on shipments from overseas. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid roughly 50 to 100 times more […]