FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shows a closeup of fentanyl-laced sky blue pills. (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP, File) (Drug Enforcement Administration)
HOUSTON – Prosecutors have charged two Texas men for trying to smuggle fentanyl in a tire wheel to take them from Houston to Laredo.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Hernan Cortez, 40 of Houston brought in half a kilogram of fentanyl into Laredo on August 28. That’s where investigators said he planned to meet up with a Laredo resident and his drug-dealing partner, Daniel Elizondo, 37.
The next day, court records said Cortez brought the fentanyl to a stash house where Elizondo was. A report claims Elizondo left the stash house with a black satchel bag and walked into an alleyway next to an adjoining property. Shortly afterward, Elizondo was seen without the bag.
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