The complaint says that 3 teenage deaths from fentanyl, 7 more cases of overdose are connected with the Carrollton drug den near the schools.

CARROLLTON, Texas. Nine North Texas teenagers overdosed, including three who died, from fentanyl pills tied to a pharmacy near R.L. High School, authorities said. Turner in Carrollton.

The names of the victims have not been released by authorities, but details about the cases have been revealed in a federal criminal lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court.

Ten of the overdoses – one of the victims who overdosed twice – occurred between September 18 and February 1, and the victims ranged in age from 13 to 17, according to federal affidavits filed last week in U.S. District Court.

The sworn letter states that two adults, Luis Navarrete and Magali Mejia Cano, are charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

According to the affidavit, Navarrete and Cano are accused of conspiring to sell “M30” fentanyl pills to teenagers near Turner High School and DeWitt Perry High School in Carrollton.

Carrollton police have identified eight underage dealers “involved in distributing” M30 pills known to contain fentanyl, the sworn letter says.

Underage dealers are 14-16 years old, they are students of Turner.

While detectives were investigating the case, in early January, they began to monitor Navarrete and Cano’s home on Highland Drive, about five blocks north of Turner and two blocks southeast of DeWitt Perry High School.

Investigators saw Navarrete and Cano “carry out hand-to-hand transactions with several people,” and many of those transactions were with Turner students, the sworn letter said.

One of the victims of the overdose, a 14-year-old girl who survived, told investigators that she received an M30 pill from a 16-year-old dealer. She also said that she bought the pills directly from Navarrete, according to the affidavit.

In another case, one of the teenage traffickers was seen possibly packing drugs at Navarrete’s home, the affidavit says. The teenager then spoke to Turner High School, where a school resource officer found him in the bathroom “with a razor blade and a ‘sniffing straw’ with leftovers,” according to the affidavit.

The teenager told the officer that the devices were used to swallow a “perchlorethylene tablet,” also known as M30.

The officer later met with the teenager’s mother and searched the teenager’s phone, finding messages between the teenager and Navarrete. Reports confirmed that Navarrete provided the teenager, as observed by investigators at Navarrete’s home.

The sworn letter states that during a later surveillance of the Navarrete home, the detective saw another “hand-to-hand deal” at the front door.

The person who received the transaction was then stopped based on a traffic-related warrant. When they were taken to the prison, they found two M30 tablets. According to the affidavit, the pills later tested positive for fentanyl.

The affidavit states that the man who had the pills “immediately started talking about Navarrete”.

Messages between the man and Navarrete revealed that Navarrete had told them that the pills would be available at his house and that a woman later identified as Cano would receive them.

The criminal case against Navarrete and Cano was filed Thursday and signed by US Justice of the Peace Rene Harris Toliver.

On Monday, federal prosecutors filed a motion to detain Navarrete and Cano while their case is pending.

Leiga Simonton, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, called Navarrete and Canon’s alleged actions “despicable.”

“Dealing with fentanyl is knowingly putting lives in danger,” Simonton said. ‘For the sale of fentanyl minors “naive middle and high school students is to destroy the future.”

“We will never be able to replace the three teenagers whose lives were lost, and we will never be able to heal the psychological wounds of those who have overdosed. But we can take steps to ensure these people are never allowed to give pills to children again.”