Milwaukie man's heroin death leads police up supply chain to nab distributor
Charly Michael Aguayo-Caro was once a mid-level manager at a thriving business...
One of Aguayo-Caro's customers sold Rael the dose that killed him...
Aguayo-Caro's also was charged with "distributing heroin resulting in death," commonly known as the "Len Bias law," named for a University of Maryland basketball player who died of a cocaine overdose in 1986....
Aguayo-Caro and other Mexican immigrants from Xalisco in the Pacific Coast state of Nayarit, perfected the system that operated in Oregon and several other states. The heroin business was detailed in a 2010 Los Angeles Times series....
Three prior investigations –by police in Beaverton, Woodburn and Portland -- resulted in arrests of underlings, but not Aguayo-Caro...
Aguayo-Caro's unit grossed about $1 million a year, Mygrant estimated.
"It's nice to convict one of the managers," Mygrant said....
Aguayo-Caro will be deported when he's released from prison.
