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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Suspected drug trafficker is caught rolling suitcases through Bronx with enough fentanyl to kill 6.5 million New Yorkers: 40lbs is seized from den just six blocks from daycare where toddler died of exposure
2023-09-30
[Daily Mail, where America get its news]
  • Juan Gabriel Herrera Vargas, 42, was caught carrying fentanyl on the subway

  • Authorities seized over 40 pounds of fentanyl from him in the Bronx

  • His drug den is six blocks away from the daycare where a child died from fentanyl

On September 15, one-year-old Nicholas Féliz died of fentanyl exposure at a home daycare in the Bronx.

Three other children, including two siblings ages eight months and 2, were hospitalized.

Four people have been charged in connection to Féliz's death including the daycare owner and her husband.

Data from the New York City Department on Health found that the Bronx had the highest rate of overdose deaths in 2021 at 70.6 deaths per 100,000 residents.
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