Four overdosed victims in Laredo identified.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 12, 2024
Laredo, Texas - On Monday, January 8, 2024, the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office in Laredo, Texas responded to the 800 block of Cortez Street where local police and officials from the DEA were at the scene investigating the death of two women and a man found inside a home.
The 3 victims were found unresponsive inside a home by a family member of one of the victims just before 5:00 p.m. and notified police.
The 3 overdosed victims found at the Cortez address in Laredo were identified as Elizabeth Briones, 43, Margarita Hernández, 52, and José Carmen Beltran, 44.
Briones's 7-year-old daughter was also located at the home unharmed where the deceased victims were found and was released to family members, police say.
According to Laredo police, the preliminary investigation found no indication of foul play and believed that the 3 victims succumbed a drug overdose. Cocaine and fentanyl were found near the bodies, according to forensic evidence collected at the scene.
Laredo police also reported that another deadly overdose case was under investigation by police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after Abel Hernández, 42, was found deceased at the 2400 block of Bismark Street at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, January 8, 2024. So far, the Laredo Police Department reported four possible overdosed victims on Monday in two separate incidents, which investigators believe they are victims of drugs laced with Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate.
In 2023, 65 overdosed deaths were reported in Laredo, in 2022, 41 overdosed deaths were reported.
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