PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted two men on charges they sold heroin that resulted in the overdose deaths of two Portland men.
Federal and Multnomah County prosecutors say that Jose Luis Torres Rojas and Jose Hernandez Flores were arrested Wednesday. Both are accused of two counts of distribution of heroin resulting in death and one count of distributing heroin. The case involves the deaths last year of 38-year-old Patrick McGinnis and 28-year-old Joshua Reeves.
Also arrested was 18-year-old Jose Ismael Torres Rojas, who is charged with distributing heroin. All three men are Mexican citizens. A federal court trial is scheduled for May 4.
