Case DIH-0926
Jose Elias Camacho
Sold five counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a 24-year-old man on Maui in August 2020; the man overdosed and was revived, left the hospital and bought five more from Camacho, who knew he had just been hospitalized, and was found dead the next morning.
- Court
- Federal, District of Hawaii
- State
- Hawaii
- Year of death
- 2020
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (counterfeit oxycodone pills)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 144 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Hawaii’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Hawaii in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govMaui man sentenced 12 years trafficking fentanyl resulting death
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