{"id":1751525,"date":"2022-11-25T14:02:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751525"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:02:59","slug":"mother-charged-with-using-sons-ages-8-10-to-mule-lethal-dose-of-fentanyl-to-their-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-charged-with-using-sons-ages-8-10-to-mule-lethal-dose-of-fentanyl-to-their-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Charged With Using Sons Ages 8, 10 To \u2018Mule\u2019 Lethal Dose Of Fentanyl To Their Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-charged-with-using-sons-ages-8-10-to-mule-lethal-dose-of-fentanyl-to-their-father%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Mexico<\/a> mother used her children to allegedly traffic a fatal dose of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fentanyl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fentanyl<\/a> to their father, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities arrested and charged Magdalena Silva Banuelos, 46, with distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ndtx\/pr\/mother-accused-using-children-mule-fatal-fentanyl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday. Silva Banuelos\u2019 boyfriend and father of her two sons died in an airport bathroom in May after overdosing on fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel for these children. To lose one parent due to the actions of the other is a calamity for a child,\u201d U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham said in a statement. \u201cThis defendant allegedly concealed fentanyl \u2013 a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin \u2013 in her own minor sons\u2019 luggage. This drug has stolen too many futures and ruined too many lives. The Justice Department remains determined to hold accountable those who spread it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silva Banuelos faces up to life in prison if convicted. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The defendant placed her two sons, ages 8 and 10, on a flight from Albuquerque to Dallas on May 31 to visit her on-again, off-again boyfriend \u2014 the boys\u2019 father. Surveillance video shows the father meeting his sons at the gate, going through their luggage, and entering a nearby airport bathroom at 10:26 p.m., according to authorities. The man died a short time later after overdosing on fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>At a November 17 detention hearing in New Mexico, prosecutors said the defendant \u201cused her minor children to mule drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators recovered a makeup container holding more than a gram of fentanyl from inside the bathroom stall the man died in. Investigators also recovered a series of text messages between the defendant and the deceased that, according to authorities, suggest she knew about the fentanyl and trafficked it to him using their children. According to the DOJ, the messages said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHey you need to be careful,\u201d she wrote a few hours before he died.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYes ma\u2019am. Very slow and easy,\u201d he replied.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJust one and then wait you\u2019ll see,\u201d she said. \u201cJust one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOk cool. Thank you. Will do,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo passing out on the kitchen floor,\u201d she responded. \u201cSeriously you could od. No dying on the kitchen floor \u2026 It\u2019s going to f*** you up!!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest and detention is yet another example of the devastation that fentanyl continues to reap on families throughout the country. The actions of Ms. Banuelos risked the lives of her minor children by concealing a highly potent drug in their luggage during a flight from Albuquerque to Dallas,\u201d Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) acting Special Agent in Charge W. Guy Baker said. \u201cThe DEA will continue to work side-by-side with our state and local partners in investigating drug related poisonings and overdose deaths to hold those accountable for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Mexico mother used her children to allegedly traffic a fatal dose of fentanyl to their father, according to the Department of Justice. Authorities arrested and charged Magdalena Silva Banuelos, 46, with distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced on Tuesday. 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