On a Tuesday in early June final 12 months, regulation enforcement brokers arrived at an Airbnb rental in Boise with a search warrant. Their surveillance of a person working a drug community from jail pointed to a Treasure Valley distributor who was renting that Airbnb, court docket data mentioned.
Wathana “Noy” Insixiengmay, 34, of Nampa, pleaded responsible in October to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and was sentenced Feb. 27 to 12 years in jail and 5 years of probation.
In accordance with her plea settlement, investigators discovered within the Airbnb about 30,000 fentanyl capsules, weighing about 104 milligrams every, and three,451 grams of fentanyl powder. In addition they discovered 180 grams of methamphetamine and greater than $12,000, the plea settlement mentioned.
It was among the many largest fentanyl busts in Idaho historical past, if not the biggest, mentioned Idaho’s high federal prosecutor, U.S. Lawyer Joshua Hurwit.
Hurwit’s workplace mentioned Insixiengmay “was a foremost fentanyl distributor for a big drug trafficking group with direct ties to Mexico,” taking 12 to fifteen kilos of fentanyl per week for native distribution and sending her provider $50,000 to $100,000 in proceeds the next week.
A deadly dose of fentanyl is 2 to three milligrams for an average-sized grownup.
Traffickers see Idaho as lively marketplace for fentanyl, official says
Hurwit mentioned the seizure isn’t just noteworthy due to the quantity of fentanyl it contained. It’s a warning signal that fentanyl traffickers see Idaho as a strong marketplace for the drug, he mentioned.
“An important factor for members of the general public is to acknowledge that there’s a troubling quantity of fentanyl out in our communities,” Hurwit informed the Idaho Capital Solar in an interview. “However I additionally need folks to acknowledge that regulation enforcement is doing an excellent job, a really aggressive job, of monitoring down those who distribute it … in order that we will reduce the affect on the neighborhood.”
Preliminary information present that no less than 353 deaths in Idaho in 2021 had been from drug overdose, in keeping with the Idaho Division of Well being and Welfare.
Many extra overdoses would have been deadly if not for the emergency overdose remedy, naloxone (also referred to as Narcan). Well being and Welfare says no less than 628 opioid-related overdoses had been reversed with naloxone, in only one program.
There was a 23% enhance in drug overdose deaths between 2020 and 2021, in keeping with an annual report from Well being and Welfare. The speed of fentanyl-related overdose deaths doubled in Idaho throughout that point, it mentioned.
Fentanyl is a potent ache treatment that may be administered by a medical skilled. It’s typically given, for instance, as a part of an epidural injection formulation that reduces the ache of labor and childbirth.
However exterior of a well being care setting, it’s answerable for a rising variety of overdoses.
“Fentanyl is being combined in with different illicit medication to extend the efficiency of the drug, bought as powders and nasal sprays, and more and more pressed into capsules made to appear like reputable prescription opioids,” in keeping with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
“As a result of there is no such thing as a official oversight or high quality management, these counterfeit capsules typically include deadly doses of fentanyl, with not one of the promised drug,” the DEA says. “There may be vital threat that unlawful medication have been deliberately contaminated with fentanyl. Due to its efficiency and low value, drug sellers have been mixing fentanyl with different medication together with heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine, rising the chance of a deadly interplay.”
“We are able to’t prosecute our manner out of this downside, so consciousness is vital,” Hurwit mentioned. “Spreading the phrase is as essential, nearly, as seizing the medication.”
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IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho – A multi-car accident on Highway 95 has shut down two lanes near Tuchbreiter.
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Yessi Puerto Vallarta has been a family-run restaurant for over 25 years | Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com
IDAHO FALLS — For over 25 years, a local Mexican restaurant has been serving authentic family recipes to east Idaho.
Maria Hernandez, the manager of Yessi Puerto Vallarta, says her family has been in the food business for decades, serving homemade Mexican dishes that have been passed down for generations.
“We got started from a friend in the family that used to have restaurants in the Washington area, and we decided to try our luck and start a business with the family,” says Hernandez. “It’s always been a family restaurant, and we’ve been in the area for, oh wow, over 25 years now.”
EastIdahoNews.com was lucky enough to try some of their most popular dishes, starting with the Pollo a la Crema.
This dish consists of sliced chicken, a cream sauce with mushrooms and onions, a side of rice and beans and tortillas.
“This has been a very popular item on the menu,” says Hernandez. “It is a really good dish.”
Next, we tried Hernandez’s favorite dish on the menu, the Chile Rellenos.
The Chile Rellenos are stuffed green peppers with cheese, battered with an egg and smothered with white cheese and red sauce. On the side is a chimichanga with sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
“This would have to be, I’d say, a very very popular meal as well,” says Hernandez. “Everybody comes in here and says ‘I’m here for the Chile Rellenos; I know they’re good.’”
Lastly, we tried a personal favorite: street tacos. The types available are steak, spicy or marinated pork with or without pineapple, carne asada, grilled chicken, or chorizo.
“We cook the meat every time people order a taco,” says Hernandez. “They come with the cilantro and onion, and some slices of lime. The pineapple pork and the carne asada are very, very popular. Our chorizo is also homemade, so it’s really popular.”
Everything we tried was absolutely delicious, so we highly recommend trying Yessi Puerto Vallarta the next time you’re going out to eat!
You can find them at 2668 East Sunnyside Road. They are open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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An Idaho photographer is showcasing hundreds of vintage neon signs that once shone brightly outside popular Idaho landmarks, businesses, and more.
Neon signs were a popular addition to the outside of businesses between 1920 and 1950 – but by the 1960s, businesses steered away from them due to cost.
“I wanted to capture what still remained of all the vintage neon that I had grown up seeing around Boise, many of which were already disappearing at a rapid rate during the 80’s and 90’s,” Photographer Jess Jackson said. “Since the sign industry was already moving away from neon and into bland, generic looking, backlit LED stuff, I wanted to preserve what was left through my photography, before our last examples of the “golden era” of neon disappeared as well.”
From 2006-2012, Jackson took hundreds of photos of neon signs when he drove throughout the state for his job.
“Instead of sitting around in hotel rooms during my off-time, I decided to start looking for neon signs to photograph as a way to pass the evenings since I usually traveled alone,” he said. “That led into exploring some of the smaller, more remote towns and photographing what neon they still had.”
After five years, Jackson had built a large collection of photographs, and he decided to organize the neon sign pictures into the shape of Idaho – called Signs of Idaho.
“The signs I’ve featured are unique in the sense that there are no copies of them,” he said. “You’ll only find the Torch Lounge sign in Boise, the Turf Club in Twin Falls, Buddy’s in Pocatello, or the Corner Club in Moscow,” he said. “Those are local icons that people have attached their own personal memories to and that’s what I think makes them unique and special.”
While several of the signs in the photograph align with the location where they were taken, many do not.
“A lot of areas in Idaho don’t have any neon signs left, where some parts of the state, like Pocatello, Twin Falls, or Boise still have relatively large collections,” Jackson said. “It just became impossible to put these all in their exact location and still maintain the shape of Idaho, which was the primary objective.”
The individual photographs featured in Signs of Idaho can be found on Jackson’s Flickr page.
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