By The opinion
11 Oct 2023, 11:49 AM EDT
Despite the efforts that the United States government makes to combat fentanyl trafficking, the number of deaths due to overdose of this drug is an alarming situation throughout the country.
However, in Cameron County, located in the state of Texas, the alarms were raised even more due to the considerable increase in deaths that were recorded in recent days.
And, during the last two weeks, At least 12 people suffered overdoses due to fentanyl consumption and eight of them lost their livesas revealed in a conference by Rene Pérez, director of Emergency Medical Services.
The most recent case occurred on Tuesday, October 10, in the city of Harlingen, when two people were found inside a vehicle in front of a motel. One of them died and the other is hospitalized.
Alfredo Albearacting chief of the Harlingen Police, said at a press conference that, although the results of toxicological tests are not yet available, it is believed that fentanyl has something to do with this death.
“All of these cases remain under investigation and we are trying to find the connection between them,” he added.
It is because of that The authorities are alerting the population about the real risk that one runs when consuming illicit drugs, which in the worst case can cause death.
Distributor arrested
Another recent case, as reported by Telemundo, occurred last Sunday, October 8, when a person died of an overdose in a house that Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies raided last week after the death of three other people.
As a result of this incident, Michael David Ramírez, 45, was arrested after being identified as the person who allegedly supplied them with the drugs.
Cameron County Prosecutor Luis V. Saenz announced the fentanyl outbreak at a news conference last week, where he was joined by DEA agents in Brownsville, who announced the creation of a task force to investigate overdoses. for this drug.
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