Posted on 08/09/2024 11:10:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A mother and son from Arizona are facing charges after they were allegedly caught trying to smuggle thousands of fentanyl pills through northwest suburban McHenry County.
Gloria Gastelum, 54, and her son, German Vargas, 22, were charged with felony drug charges. They were driving through Marengo on Thursday when they were stopped by McHenry County sheriff's deputies, police said.
They were stopped in a rental car near West Grant Highway and Ford Street.
Officers said they found 120,000 fentanyl pills in their car. They were arrested without incident.
The sheriff's office said they were tipped off by an undercover detective that Gastelum and Vargas would be in the area.
Trump wants death penalty for this, I agree. My niece a recovering addict was found unresponsive in her car last week. She was in rehab working two jobs and out on her lunch break….never returned. These bastards bringing in this crap should be hung by the neck. They prey on the weak, the young the ignorant innocents. F them!
But the blonde doesn’t look old enough to be the mother of the guy... so I think that it might be fake news.
The fentanyl epidemics is the worst epidemics happening right now in the US. More people die from drugs than car accidents, murder, guns, falling from ladders, airplane accidents, and suicide, altogether.
Fentanyl is the number one cause of death in young Americans.
These people are merchants of death, they all should be executed!
For some reasons, the leftie are so concerned about gun deaths, by harmless CO2, radon, by some rare factory emissions, killing maybe one American in year, and similar, very rare problems, but almost entirely neglecting, what is by far the worst problem in the country.
They even try to legalize drugs, just to kill more young people!
Abortion and drugs, if you are young, Dems wants you death!
He looks a lot older that 22. Probably one of those “minors” coming over the border back in 2017. So now his age shows him as 22, since he was probably listed as 15 back then, so they could get more government assistance. He’s probably really 38. Mother probably had him when she was 16 or so.
Are they voting for Harris?
Very few innocents die from illegal drug overdoes, usually small children who are around illegal drug users.
the death penalty has to be renewed and used
"You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it”
Drug dealers deserve the federal death penalty.
I agree, start putting drug dealers to death. Just a little problem. What if someone 0lanted them on you? Or the dealer or mule is under 18?
Totally agree!
Federal law enforcement is not doing their job.
Probably under orders to stand down.
FRANKLY-—THE “UNDER 18” excuse doesn’t hold any power with me anymore.
Kids as young as 10 are killing older persons.
If a 10 y.o. is selling drugs who is to blame? The death penalty for a child seems a bit extreme. And it’s a rare 10 y.o. selling drugs. It would have to be on a case by case basis. His parents are to blame. The devils has been doing a good job with the free sex, easy divorce, no shame in being a slut or gay, homosexuals have a pride month. And now the “ minor attracted” wants to be legitimate.
Why is that harsh? Someone selling drugs in the borders of the US, defined by drugs that can easily kill the user, should be executed.
Someone really smart once penned a phrase “Those who will be kind to the cruel, will be cruel to the kind”.
There won’t be 10 year old kids peddling drugs, if you treat them the same as an 18 YO man or woman. The drug dealers recruit young kids, BECAUSE they are not punished harshly. So the Mothers and fathers of said “Kid” put them to work in the business that keeps them flush with the drug they need and love.
Drugs steal your soul, which is worse than murder. They also are destroying the US.
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