DEA Los Angeles Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner said the 'two main drivers' causing fentanyl-related deaths are 'accessibility and deception.'
who -- in all but one case -- allegedly sold fentanyl and fake pills containing fentanyl that directly resulted in the death of at least one victim.
The announcements were made at a Tuesday morning news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office in downtown, where federal and local law enforcement leaders discussed their ongoing efforts to combat the proliferation of the deadly drug. "Social media platforms have made fentanyl widely available to anyone with a smartphone and made every neighborhood an open-air drug market," Bodner said.A new report from the Journal of American Medicine Pediatric Edition shows that since 2021, 40 infants and nearly 100 children aged between 1 and 4 died from a fentanyl overdose.
Under the Overdose Justice program for the DEA's Los Angeles Field Division, DEA agents established collaborative relationships with local law enforcement agencies across the seven counties that make up the Central District of California. The 12 cases announced Tuesday involved charges against 13 defendants, most of whom have entered not guilty pleas to the charges contained in indictments issued by federal grand juries, Mrozek said.A new billboard campaign is coming to Los Angeles, highlighting the faces of those who've died from fentanyl poisoning.-- U.S. v. Benavides-Schorgi.
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