On Tuesday, prosecutors in new York filed charges against a known drug dealer from Mexico, 41-year-old Francisco quirós-Zamora. He is accused of distributing fentanyl, a deadly drug that caused numerous overdoses.
Kyros-Zamora was detained in new York in November last year when he arrived for a meeting with a potential client. Dealer trapped by an undercover agent contacted him, offering to buy fentanyl at a price of $45-50 thousand per kilogram. However, once agreed on a deal Kiros-Zamora got off the train at Penn Station, he was detained by the police. In a hotel room in the Bronx and Manhattan apartment that served as Zamora repositories, found 44 per pound of fentanyl.
«Fentanyl is a serious problem, both in new York and throughout the country. Because of overdoses [fentanyl] is constantly dying people. That’s why the police is trying to carefully monitor and prevent the supply,» said Prosecutor Bridget Brennan.
Kiros-Zamora, who lived in San Jose del Cabo, organized smuggling of drugs into Arizona and California. Deadly cargo transported by passenger cars, trucks and via couriers. On the drug market in new York he targeted shortly before his arrest.
In 2017, about 1,400 people in new York died from an overdose of fentanyl. According to experts, this drug has a stronger effect on the body in comparison with heroin. However, his production cheaper, which provides a bongreater profitability for drug trafficking.
