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Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Feds in Las Vegas arrest 3, including 2 twice-deported undocumented immigrants, in drug bust
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three people, including two previously-deported undocumented immigrants, face charges for allegedly working with a Mexican drug cartel to sell deadly fentanyl across the Las Vegas valley. Jorge Flores-Villagran, Dulce Navarro-Martinez and Julio Pena-Garcia all face charges connected to allegations that they conspired to distribute fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, records said. In addition, Navarro-Martinez and Flores-Villagran face charges for illegally re-entering the country following prior deportations. Drug cartels are manufacturing illicit fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid 50-to-100 times more potent than morphine, and combining it with other street drugs. The deadly concoction is then pressed into small pills, commonly referred to as 'blues' or 'M30s.' Overdose deaths involving the use of fentanyl with methamphetamine or cocaine between 2020 and 2023 in Clark County increased by 97%, rising from 73 deaths to 144 deaths, according to the health district. Last August, a Homeland Security Investigations special agent began an investigation into a man in Mexico distributing drugs to the Las Vegas area, documents said. Investigators allege that Flores-Villagran, Navarro-Martinez and Pena-Garcia work as suppliers and couriers for the Mexican cartel. Over the course of four controlled buys beginning last October, agents seized more than 17,000 pressed fentanyl pills and other drugs, they said. The buys occurred at parking lots in the east valley near Craig and Losee roads. Agents later obtained a warrant to track Pena-Garcia's communications and his car, following it to an alleged narcotics shipment, they said. On March 27, investigators arrested the trio and searched their homes, documents said. Investigators found large amounts of drugs and cash. In 2019, Navarro-Martinez pleaded guilty to a state drug charge, documents said. A district court judge later sentenced her to 12-30 months in prison. Upon her release from prison in 2020, the federal government deported Navarro-Martinez and again in 2021, documents said. Flores-Villagran was previously deported in 2023 and again as recently as June 2024, documents said. During their detention hearings, Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts ordered all to remain in jail pending trial. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for April 21. In 2024, overdose deaths increased in Nevada and four other states as national numbers declined, according to provisional data from the CDC. Last month, 8 News Now asked an ICE spokesperson how many people the agency had arrested in southern Nevada since President Donald Trump took office. The spokesperson could not say, adding that a new tracking system was expected to come online in the future. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Orlando man sentenced for selling fentanyl that killed woman
An Orlando man is heading to federal prison for drug sales that resulted in a woman's death. U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton has sentenced Joel David Fonseca Flores, 45, to 32 years in federal prison on charges of conspiring to distribute fentanyl that resulted in death, possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. A federal jury convicted Fonseca Flores of the distribution conspiracy charge on June 27, 2024. He had pleaded guilty to the other two offenses before then. According to the Justice Department, Fonseca Flores and his co-defendant, Misty Lynn Parady, sold fake M30 pills laced with fentanyl to the victim between April 2020 and April 2022. The evidence showed the victim thought the drugs were oxycodone at first, but later realized they contained fentanyl. Prosecutors say after the victim told the pair she tested positive for fentanyl, they kept selling her the counterfeit fentanyl pills anyway. She died from a fentanyl overdose in April 2022. The suspects' vehicle was stopped on Oct,. 3, 2022. Investigators ay they found the fake pills, cocaine, a digital scale, baggies and hundreds of dollars in cash. Fonseca Flores, a convicted felon, also had a firearm, the court announcement stated. Fonseca Flores and Parady were arrested at their Orlando home on April 4, 2024. That's where investigators ay they found more fake M30s, guns, ammunition, other illegal drugs, cash and drug paraphernalia. Parady pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in May 2024. She was sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
