Suspected fentanyl dealer faces 3 murder counts after Los Banos deaths

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Merced County District Attorney's Office has filed 3 counts of execution against an alleged fentanyl trader aft 3 radical died successful March 2026 from overdoses successful Los Banos.

According to the Merced County DA's Office, the Los Banos Police Department partnered with the Merced Area Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team to analyse the deaths and place the root of the lethal drug.

Authorities aboriginal identified that the drugs came from Raymond Jose Caudillo from San Jose, Calif.

Caudillo is scheduled to beryllium arraigned connected Thursday astatine the Merced County Superior Court.

The Merced DA's Office says that unneurotic with instrumentality enforcement partners, it is prioritizing efforts to identify, analyse and prosecute those who postulation fentanyl.

They punctual the nationalist to stay vigilant and to recognize the superior risks associated with illicit fentanyl.