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Illegal Alien Sentenced to Six Years for Having Enough Fentanyl to Kill Half a Million Americans
2019-09-12
[BREITBART] An illegal alien has been sentenced to a little more than six years in prison for planning to distribute enough fentanyl to kill half a million Americans, federal officials confirm.

Pablo Vega-Ontanon, a 53-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 74 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for possessing enough fentanyl to kill 500,000 Americans with an intent to distribute the drugs.

Vega-Ontanon, who had been living in Georgia, traveled to Gulfport, Mississippi on November 6, 2018, with Eder Ortega-Casarrubias and Eric Estudillo-Carrazco to sell heroin they said was hidden in a compartment of their vehicle to a confidential informant.

After federal officials arrested the illegal alien and his two accomplices, Sherlocks discovered that the trio had possession of nine kilograms of heroin and one kilogram of fentanyl ‐ enough drugs to kill 500,000 Americans, nearly the entire population of Wyoming.

In June, Ortega-Cassarubias was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, while Estudillo-Carrazco pleaded guilty last month and faces a maximum life sentence and a $10 million fine.

Every year, nearly 70,000 to 76,000 Americans die from drug overdoses. A report released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) revealed this year that young white American men are the most vulnerable to the national opioid crisis, dying at a higher rate than any other demographic group.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Maybe because the CDC says it is dangerous only to young white American men ? I wonder why though. Wakandans prefer crack ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-12 14:58  

#4  enough fentanyl to kill 500,000 Americans with an intent to distribute the drugs.

So why wasn't the Patriot Act, Title VIII invoked on these boneheads for activities that are "dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State"
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-09-12 11:42  

#3  If the perp is an illegal, why the supervised release part? Shouldn't it just be deported?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-12 11:30  

#2  In lawbreaking, like in everything else, the first time is the hardest.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-12 03:30  

#1  The King had a specialised sentinel
And, happily, applicants plentiful
From a kingdom resilient
To losing the millions
Of peasants who tasted his fentanyl.
Posted by: Sheba Lumplump1522   2019-09-12 01:28  

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