A North Texas couple is accused of running a fentanyl ring linked to three student deaths and at least six hospitalizations.
On Friday, Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, were arrested at a Carrollton home where they allegedly sold fentanyl-laced pills to eight R.L. Turner High School students between 14 and 16 years old, according to charging documents that were unsealed on Monday. (pdf)
After buying the drugs, the students then sold them to their classmates at the high school and to younger students at nearby DeWitt Perry and Dan F. Long Middle Schools.
Navarrete and Cano are charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, according to the documents. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine….