5 key details from complaint alleging Carrollton couple’s deadly drug deals with students

Federal officials filed a criminal complaint Monday against Luis Eduardo Navarrete, 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, 29, on charges of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

Here are five key details from the case:

— Fentanyl-laced “M30″ pills allegedly distributed by the two resulted in the deaths of three students, the most recent on Feb. 1, and the hospitalizations of six students, most of them since December. The youngest victim among the nine was 13 years old. All were enrolled in R.L. Turner High School, DeWitt Perry Middle School or Dan F. Long Middle School.

— The pills, described by investigators as “fake Percocet and Oxycontin,” were sold out of the couple’s house at 1823 Highland Drive, near R.L. Turner High School. Eight of the juveniles, ages 14 to 16, whom Navarrete and Mejia Cano allegedly distributed to, in turn, sold them to other students.

— Neither the victims nor student dealers, all of whom are minors, are named in the complaint.

— One 14-year-old R.L. Turner student overdosed twice, Dec. 24 and Jan. 16, coming close to death both times. She told investigators two different classmates sold her the M30s and she purchased additional pills directly from Navarrete at the Highland Drive house.

— A 16-year-old R.L. Turner student, identified as one of the juvenile dealers, was seen by investigators appearing “to crush up a pill and snort it on the front porch area of the residence” before appearing “to manipulate small pieces of paper and possibly package drugs.”

A school resource officer was notified as the student began walking toward the high school and detained the young man after he was observed “making a ‘snorting sound’” in a bathroom stall.

The 16-year-old reportedly seemed to be intoxicated and had a razor blade and “snort straw” with residue. He admitted the paraphernalia was used to ingest a “perc pill.”