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Guatemalan dealer who sold drugs to kids caught at Canada border after he's set free with no bail: DA

New York Post·Brandon Cruz·about 1 month ago
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A Guatemalan drug pusher who dealt gummies to Long Island kids was cut loose with no bail – then caught trying to escape justice by running to Canada, authorities said Thursday. Wilmer Castillo Garcia, 22, was busted in August 2025 for selling cocaine to an undercover cop and pushing pot gummies to William Floyd Middle School students, with 12 of the kids ending up in the hospital but he was set free because of the state’s “broken” bail laws, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said. The alleged dealer promptly fled Long Island but was busted at the US’s northern border in October 2025, according to the DA. “This defendant allegedly sold drugs to an undercover officer and is also allegedly connected to the hospitalization of multiple school children — yet, our prosecutors had no legal mechanism to ask for the court to set bail,” Tierney said in statement. Wilmer Castillo Garcia, 22, was allegedly caught trying to flee to Canada in October 2025. Dennis A.…

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