According to a statement from the Department of Health of the New York City administration, this is the largest number of deaths (3,026) from fentanyl since the data began to be recorded in 2000.
The data shows that African Americans had the highest rate of deaths and the largest absolute increase in the rate – from 2021 to 2022 – from 52.0 to 62.0 per 100,000 residents. The latinos They rank second with a rate of 53.1 per 100,000 county residents.
They also show that as in previous years, adults between 55 and 64 years old had the highest overdose rate, followed by those between 45 and 54 years old. The residents of The Bronxa majority-Latino county and the poorest in the city, had the highest death rate in 2022, at 73.6 per 100,000 residents.
Department of Health data further indicates that the overdose rate among residents of high-poverty neighborhoods increased by 21%, going from 32.4 per 100,000 residents in 2021 to 39.3 in 2022. In 2022, residents of Very high-poverty neighborhoods had the highest rate of overdose deaths, 72.8 per 100,000 residents compared to 21.8 in low-poverty neighborhoods.
Overdose deaths at record levels in NY
“Overdose deaths reached record levels in the city in 2022. Disparities in deaths by race/ethnicity, age, income, and neighborhood have widened as the magnitude of the overdose crisis has worsened,” according to the report. Health Department. It further indicates that unequal access to resources necessary for health and well-being is a product of structural racism and long-term disinvestment in communities.
Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan warned that the opioid crisis is killing one New Yorker every three hours and recommended that several measures can be taken such as carrying naloxone to reverse the overdose, receiving training in its use and recognizing the signs of overdose .
He also warned that no one should use or allow anyone to use drugs alone and if they do, they should seek care, support and treatment. He also urged New Yorkers to have an “honest, non-judgmental” conversation about drugs and their risks.
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What happened to the Latinos extradited for drug trafficking to the United States
Many figures linked to drug trafficking in Latin America are held in maximum security prisons in the United States. Others, meanwhile, have already regained their freedom.
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Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, “El Chapo”
The head of the Sinaloa Cartel carried out spectacular escapes. He even became the second most wanted man by the FBI and Interpol, after Osama Bin Laden. In 2017 he was extradited to the US and sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking, weapons possession and money laundering. Today he is being held in the ADX Florence maximum security prison, in Colorado.
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Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela of the Cali Cartel
Miguel and Gilberto (in the photo) Rodríguez were the heads of the Cali Cartel until 1995. Thanks to their collaboration with the Police, Pablo Escobar was captured. Both were extradited to the United States, and were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006. While Miguel is in Edgefield Prison in South Carolina, his brother spends his days in Butner Prison in North Carolina.
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Héctor “El Güero” Palma Salazar
He was the main partner of “El Chapo” Guzmán. In 2007 he was extradited to the US, being found guilty of cocaine trafficking. “El Güero” served only nine of his 16 years in federal prison in Colorado, being released for “good behavior” in 2016. After being deported to Mexico, he was convicted there of murder. He is being held in the Altiplano prison.
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Diego Montoya Sánchez, “Don Diego”
He was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. Diego Montoya Sánchez, “Don Diego”, was one of the top leaders of the Norte del Valle Cartel, Colombia, during the 1990s. He was captured in 2007 by the Colombian Army and extradited to the US in 2008. In 2009 he pleaded guilty. in Miami, being sentenced to 45 years in prison for the crimes of drug trafficking, murder and blackmail. He remains imprisoned.
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Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía, “Chupeta”
After the death of Pablo Escobar and the arrest of the Rodríguez brothers, “Chupeta” became the main distributor of cocaine in the United States, even innovating in means of transportation. Ramírez was captured in 2007 in Brazil and extradited to the United States, where he received a 55-year sentence. He is known for having undergone several cosmetic surgeries to change his face.
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Édgar Valdez Villarreal, “La Barbie”
Popularly known as “La Barbie”, Édgard Valdez Villarreal had a close relationship with Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to traffic cocaine from Mexico and Colombia to the United States. He is considered one of the bloodiest drug traffickers in the history of Mexico. In 2010 he was arrested in his country, but then extradited to the US in 2015. In 2018 he was sentenced to 49 years in prison.
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Sandra Ávila Beltrán, “The Queen of the Pacific”
“The Queen of the Pacific”, as Sandra Ávila Beltrán is known, was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison by a Miami Court in 2013. The United States accused her of crimes of criminal association to distribute cocaine, for her relationship with the Sinaloa Cartel. However, she was only imprisoned in that country for one year, as it was considered her time in prison in Mexico. Today she is free.
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Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, “El Mochomo”
Although at some point he was close to “El Chapo” Guzmán, he ended up being his worst enemy. Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, “El Mochomo”, was one of the causes of the bloodiest battles seen in Sinaloa, Mexico. In 2008 he was captured in his country and in 2014 he was extradited to the United States. There he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the District of Columbia Court for drug trafficking.
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Dámaso López, “The Graduate”
Dámaso López, “El Licensed,” met Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán when he was deputy director of Puente Grande, the same prison from which the drug trafficker escaped in 2001. After that, López became one of Guzmán’s trusted men. In 2017 he was arrested in Mexico and that same year sentenced in the US to life imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.
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Vicente Zamblada Niebla, “El Vicentillo”
Son of the current leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael Zambada, in 2009 he was arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States in 2012. “Vicentillo” could have faced a life sentence, but for his collaboration in the trial of “El Chapo” , was sentenced in 2019 to 15 years in prison. Of them, only four had to be made effective, given that the judge considered his time in prison in Mexico and the United States.
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Martín Villegas Navarrete, “El Elegante”
Martín Villegas Navarrete, “El Elegante”, is considered one of the leaders of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. In 2015 he was arrested by the Federal Police in Mexico City and in 2018 he was extradited to the United States, a country that had requested him since 2011. In June 2019 he was sentenced to almost 14 years in prison in the United States, after paying a fine of 800 One thousand dollars.
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