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Man charged after Nevada traffic stop uncovers over 700 pounds of suspected drugs
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Fox News, Just the News, the New York Post and Breitbart News report that a deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office stopped a pickup for speeding on U.S. Highway 93 near Ash Springs, Nevada. The outlets say a narcotics-detection dog alerted to the vehicle and a search found 13 large storage totes. Citing a criminal complaint, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada says the driver, Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26, faces federal charges. Authorities say the totes held about 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, and that the amount is enough to kill millions of people.
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A deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office stopped a pickup for speeding on U.S. Highway 93 near Ash Springs, Nevada.
One outletBreitbart News· Far Right
A narcotics-detection dog alerted to the vehicle, and a search found 13 large storage totes.
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Authorities say the totes held about 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine.
One outletJust the News· Far Right
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, citing a criminal complaint, named the driver as Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26, and said he faces charges.
One outletBreitbart News· Far Right
Prosecutors say the seized drugs are enough to kill millions of people.
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Right-side outlets tell the story as an illegal alien caught with enough drugs to kill millions, placing the driver’s status and the drug estimate first.
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Headlines lead with the driver’s immigration status and the drug quantity, using “illegal alien” and “illegal migrant” and stressing that the drugs could kill millions.
PHOTOS -- Nevada: Dehumanizing label“Illegal Alien”The label applies a legal-status and criminal category to the driver in the outlet’s own voice before any charge has been tried.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? Charged with Hauling Enough Fentanyl to Kill Millions
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Illegal alienIllegal immigrantbustedkill state’s entire population — twice
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Illegal alienMore neutral: Man
The label reduces the driver to an immigration category before any charge is proven.
Illegal alien busted allegedly hauling enough fentanyl to potentially kill state’s entire…
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Illegal immigrantMore neutral: Driver
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Illegal immigrant caught with over 700 pounds of fentanyl, meth after being pulled over for…
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bustedMore neutral: arrested
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Illegal alien busted allegedly hauling enough fentanyl to potentially kill state’s entire population —…
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kill state’s entire population — twiceMore neutral: enough fentanyl to kill millions, prosecutors say
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Illegal alien busted allegedly hauling enough fentanyl to potentially kill state’s entire population — twice
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- potential death toll from the drugs
- routine speeding stop and police dog
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PHOTOS -- Nevada: Dehumanizing label“Illegal Alien”The label applies a legal-status and criminal category to the driver in the outlet’s own voice before any charge has been tried.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? Charged with Hauling Enough Fentanyl to Kill Millions
Authorities in Nevada arrested an Dehumanizing label“illegal alien”The label applies a legal-status and criminal category to the driver in the outlet’s own voice before any charge has been tried.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? they said was caught with enough fentanyl in his vehicle to kill millions of people.
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Dehumanizing label“Illegal alien”The label reduces the driver to an immigration category before any charge is proven.More neutral: ManDisagree with this highlight? Loaded verb“busted”The word adds a tone of triumph to the arrest.More neutral: arrestedDisagree with this highlight? allegedly hauling enough fentanyl to potentially Sensational language“kill state’s entire population — twice”The comparison is dramatic, and it restates a prosecutor's estimate as a headline claim.More neutral: enough fentanyl to kill millions, prosecutors sayDisagree with this highlight?
A routine speeding stop on a Nevada highway allegedly uncovered over 700 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine — enough to kill millions, prosecutors say.
Also published by New York Post. It counts once.
- Just the NewsFar Right
Loaded modifier“Illegal immigrant”The label attaches immigration status to the driver, which has no bearing on the traffic stop or the drug charges.More neutral: DriverDisagree with this highlight? caught with over 700 pounds of fentanyl, meth after being pulled over for speeding
A narcotics-detection dog alerted to the vehicle, and during a search of it, authorities say they found 13 large storage totes with approximately 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine.
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A Speeding Pickup, 700 Pounds of Drugs, and One Very Good Police Dog
A routine traffic stop in rural Nevada ended with more than 700 pounds of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine off the streets, an Dehumanizing label“illegal alien”The label reduces the driver to an immigration category before any charge is proven.More neutral: manDisagree with this highlight? facing federal drug trafficking charges, and a sheriff's deputy who probably had no idea what he was about to find when he pulled …
Illegal migrant pulled over for speeding allegedly had enough fentanyl in truck to kill millions
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Fox News, Oct 16, 5:30 AM EDT
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- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 16, 12:54 PM EDT
- New York PostRightOct 16, 2:51 PM EDT
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