Cross-Country Fentanyl Ring Linked to D.C. Overdose Death Exposed

Federal prosecutors charge 13 more defendants, bringing total to 26, in connection to drug ring that smuggled fentanyl from Mexico to D.C.

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against 13 additional people in connection to a cross-country fentanyl ring, bringing the total number of defendants to 26.
The drug ring, which originated in Mexico and operated through California, is linked to the overdose death of a young mother in D.C. two years ago.
The drugs were smuggled into California and then transported to D.C. via planes or mail, disguised as legally manufactured oxycodone.
Officials have seized over a quarter-million pills and 30 firearms in the operation, and 23 of the 26 defendants are currently in custody.
The investigation into the drug ring began after the death of 20-year-old Diamond Lynch, who purchased a pill she believed to be Percocet but was actually fentanyl.