MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two men have been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two inmates at the Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center who overdosed last year on fentanyl, Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Thursday.
According to a news release from Fernandez Rundle's office, several inmates at the detention center overdosed on fentanyl on Dec. 6, 2017.
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Prosecutors said two of the inmates survived and two died.
The deceased inmates were identified as Jesus Perdomo, 25, and Juan Salgado, 24.
Detectives with the Miami-Dade Police Department's Homicide Division investigated the deaths and on Wednesday, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office sought indictments for first-degree murder for Nathaniel Vargas, 35, and Carlos Martinez, 43.
Vargas and Martinez are also charged with introduction into or possession of contraband in a county detention facility. Vargas is also charged with a third count for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver.
No other details were immediately known.