Meth purer than in Breaking Bad' and stash houses in the Kardashians' neighborhood: How Barrio 18 ran its Los Angeles drug operation
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Meth purer than in Breaking Bad' and stash houses in the Kardashians' neighborhood: How Barrio 18 ran its Los Angeles drug operation
"Yolanda Iriarte-Avila, 40, lived in Calabasas, a wealthy town, and was a neighbor of celebrities. Her apartment was a perfect stash house until she sold fentanyl for $10,000 to a DEA informant."
A DEA operation in Los Angeles uncovered a violent gang, Barrio 18, selling high-purity methamphetamine and fentanyl. The gang operated a business front, used dealers not typical of usual drug markets, and sold in exclusive areas like the Kardashian family's neighborhood and in a park with homeless addicts. 18 people were arrested, including the main distributor Yolanda Iriarte-Avila, who sold fentanyl for $10,000 and had 150 phone conversations with a known drug dealer.
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