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The alleged leader of a fentanyl dealing ring that sold drugs to middle and high school students, resulting in three fatal overdoses and seven othe...

February 17, 2023
4:10 AM

The alleged leader of a fentanyl dealing ring that sold drugs to middle and high school students, resulting in three fatal overdoses and seven other overdoses in a single Texas school district , was arrested on Wednesday, the Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced.  Jason Xavier Villanueva, 22, was charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. A DEA officer described Villanueva in a criminal complaint as the "bulk source and distributor of 'M30' pills containing fentanyl ."  Two alleged associates of Villanueva, 21-year-old Luis Eduardo Navarrete and 29-year-old Magaly Mejia Cano, were arrested earlier month.

Paul Best