These arrests follow a recent DEA public safety alert, warning the public of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. This investigation also revealed Yolanda Yevon Garza, an employee from the IDEA School District in Weslaco, Texas, was utilized to facilitate the sales of counterfeit pills for this criminal drug network. The state criminal complaints allege that from January 2021 until October 2021, this drug trafficking network was responsible for the importation and distribution of fake counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine in addition to the illicit sales of prescription opioids. Jorge Alberto Garcia-Soto, age 61, of Falcon Heights, Texas Javier Lozano, age 42, of Falcon Heights, Texas Īntonio Juan Gutierrez, age 53, of McAllen Manuel Leonel Gonzalez-Cavazos, age 56, of Falcon Heights, Texas

Roberto Muniz, age 39, of Rio Grande City, Texas Juan Amado Garza, age 47, of Falcon Heights, Texas

Roberto Amadeo-Ramos-Resendez, age 35, of Mier, Mexico Hector Ivan Garza-Garcia, age 38, of Falcon Heights, Texas Leonel Amadeo Ramos-Resendez, age 35, of Roma, Texas Vernabe Felix Serna, age 64, of La Villa, Texas Įric Acosta-Valencia, age 32, of Mier, Mexico Jose Marie Huerta, age 30, of Mission, Texas Juan Diego Gonzalez, age 25, of Edinburg Isaiah Roel Salinas, age 23, of Edinburg, Texas Jose Luis Garcia Jr., age 40, of Edinburg, Texas Viridiana “Mable” Lopez, age 39, of Edinburg, Texas Įric Daniel Sepulveda, age 47, of McAllen Maria Guadalupe Salas, age 43, of Pharr, Texas īernabe Felix Serna, age 64, of La Villa, Texas Yolanda Yevon Garza, age 38, of San Juan, Texas Javier Medrano, age 30, of Edinburg, Texas The following defendants were arrested on state charges ranging from Possession with Intent to Distribute, Manufacturing, and Delivery of Controlled Substance(s): Eddie Rodriguez La Villa Police Chief Felix Ramos and Edinburg Police Chief Jaime Ayala. Comeaux Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez Hidalgo County HIDTA Task Force Commander Juan Sifuentes Hidalgo County Sheriff J.E. The arrests were announced by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. MCALLEN, TEXAS –Twenty seven defendants were arrested from the Rio Grande Valley region on state charges related to trafficking fake counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine in addition to various drug offenses.

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