But they all died after taking counterfeit pain pills purchased at drugstores in Mexico. But the State Department didn’t post a health alert until after congressional lawmakers called for the move last month in response to reporting by The Times. Some people who took the pills survived, and some — such as Ryan Bagwell — didn’t. Sandra Bagwell’s 19-year-old son, Ryan Bagwell, died last year after ingesting a tainted pill that he had purchased in Nuevo Progreso. At the least, she said, she could have warned her son or ordered him not to go.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 11, 2023 01:41 UTC