4-28-2024
From the United States Drug Enforcement Administration: A Dallas fentanyl trafficker who admitted to dealing more than 142,000 counterfeit pills was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.
Terrill Antwan Ray, 48, pleaded guilty in April 2023 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and was sentenced Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge David Godbey, who called the amount of drugs in the case “staggering.” In plea papers, Mr. Ray admitted that during a 2019 raid on his apartment, law enforcement seized more than 28,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills weighing more than 12.5 kilograms.
During subsequent raids on the homes of two coconspirators, law enforcement seized an additional 114,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills, including 105,000 belonging to Mr. Ray, that weighed a combined 42 kilograms. They also seized an electromagnetic foil capping machine, hundreds of empty plastic pill bottles, more than $11,000 in U.S. currency, and two firearms
In plea papers, Mr. Ray admitted to distributing more than 142,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills marked to resemble hydrocodone and oxycodone. Court documents detail text messages in which Mr. Ray and a down-line distributor discussed drug debts and referenced “school busses” (code for narcotics), “blues” (slang for oxycodone), and “dros” (slang for hydrocodone).
From ADN40 – Mexico: According to the National Registry of Detentions, the apprehension of Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, alias "Don Rodo," brother of Nemesio Oseguera, alias El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG ), was announced. The arrest was made at 3:48 a.m. in Michoacán at 22 Hacienda de Iguala Street, Fraccionamiento Hacienda Real in the Rodríguez Alcaine neighborhood. The arrest was made by the National Guard.
Elements of the Mexican Army (SEDENA ), in coordination with the National Guard and the Attorney General's Office (FGR), managed to arrest Abraham "N" alias "Don Rodo", 70 years old, in flagrante delicto.