Joshua Youngblood was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after he allegedly gave fentanyl to his daughter in 2023 that resulted in her fatal overdose.

A man was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in connection with a fentanyl-related death.

A Houston woman who was caught smuggling fentanyl into the United States last year has learned her punishment. Alyssa Marie Maldonado, 40, was initially arrested after trying to sneak drugs across the border at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Port of Entry on March 24,

SONORA, Mexico — Mexican authorities made a major drug bust of 32-kilograms of fentanyl hidden inside boxes of sliced cactus near the United States border. The packages of both pills and powder were headed to Arizona, officials say. The drugs had a street value of about $6.5 million dollars.

Texas, including the capital city, was especially hard-hit by a wave fentanyl-related deaths in the past few years. But with the help of overdose-reversing drugs, things are looking better.

Texas State University has launched the FESTA program, backed by a $1.87 million grant, to support Hays County schools in providing substance abuse education and resources to combat the fentanyl crisis among students.

Thaer Mustafa and Elyssia Sanabria are accused of soaking papers in fentanyl and shipping it to a Texas drug ring that operated inside prisons.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 40-year-old El Paso man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he sold fentanyl to an undercover agent. According to court documents, on Dec. 5, 2024, Victor Arellano pled guilty to "conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance."

DEA crackdown on El Paso fentanyl drug dealers continues. One is sentenced. Another could face 20 years after customer dies.

Trudeau also announced the creation of a “Fentanyl Czar” and intelligence sharing with the U.S. to target criminal organizations. Mexico is Texas’ biggest trade partner by far. Trade between the two totaled more than $272 billion in 2023, according ...

Texas' biggest trade partner is Mexico and has been for at least the past 16 years. The two totalled $272.3 billion in 2023.

President Trump said tariffs aim to put pressure on Canada and Mexico to do more to address illegal immigration and fentanyl smuggling.