The 20-year-old victim had enough fentanyl in her bloodstream to kill her 24 times, according to prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors said the convict and his girlfriend sold fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that later killed a 27-year-old man.
The administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration testified that two cartels are responsible for the “vast majority” of fentanyl trafficking.
The seven items the governor named as priorities can be considered by the Texas Legislature immediately.
In his State of the Union address, President Biden touted a policy that he says preceded a 97 percent drop in illegal immigration from four countries.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed at least nine separate lawsuits against the Biden administration over illegal immigration.
Through border security measures, Texas law enforcement has seized enough fentanyl to cause hundreds of millions of deadly overdoses.
During Operation Lone Star, the State of Texas has seized enough fentanyl to cause hundreds of millions of fatal overdoses.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said that almost 2,700 illegal aliens were apprehended along the southwest border over Labor Day weekend.
The commissioners court unanimously approved a document urging Governor Greg Abbott to order deportations by the state government.
Proponents of aggressive border security measures have pressured Abbott to declare illegal immigration an “invasion.”
Border police have intercepted thousands of pounds of fentanyl since the beginning of the fiscal year.
