Ahead of Fentanyl Awareness Day, JoAnna Mendoza met with two Arizona mothers who lost their children to overdoses to discuss keeping Arizona’s families safe.
With more than half of fentanyl seizures in the U.S. happening in Arizona, Mendoza joined Attorney General Kris Mayes to highlight the importance of stopping the flow of illicit drugs into Arizona, including and especially from across the border.
A mom and a retired Marine, Mendoza has not been shy about the importance of securing the southern border and keeping communities safe.
Mendoza also sounded the alarm on how “treatment facilities are going to be in a world of hurt” after Juan Ciscomani’s health care cuts ripped away vital health care from Arizonans seeking treatment.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“JoAnna Mendoza is laser focused on keeping Arizonans safe. From working to tackle the fentanyl crisis to ensuring that Arizonans have access to the rehabilitation care they need, Mendoza is the fighter her community deserves.”
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Tucson Sentinel: In Pima County, AG Mayes joins congressional hopeful Mendoza to talk about opioids
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Democratic congressional candidate JoAnna Mendoza met Tuesday with two Arizona mothers who lost their children to fentanyl overdoses.
- Theresa Guerrero’s son, Jacob Guerrero, died six years ago after using cocaine that was laced with the opioid drug. Tuesday would have been his 38th birthday; his mother sat next to a photo of him labeled “Forever 31” and a bouquet of birthday balloons.
- Angelique Tadeo’s daughter Tara Tadeo, a mother of four, likewise died in 2020 after she used cocaine that had been laced with fentanyl. Tadeo said after she couldn’t reach Tara, she drove to her apartment, where she found her 36-year-old child dead.
- Ahead of Fentanyl Awareness Day on Aug. 21, Guerrero and Tadeo spoke at Pima County’s Nanini Library with Mayes, who is seeking a second term against Republican candidate Warren Petersen, and Mendoza, who is seeking to unseat U.S. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ 06).
- [Mendoza] said she had recently visited a rehab center and “they said that the cuts to Medicaid are going to be absolutely devastating to folks who are on AHCCCS and are willingly going in and want rehabilitation and to get treatment for these things.”
- Mendoza, a Democrat who is facing Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani in what’s expected to be one of the tightest congressional races in the nation, reminded reporters that Ciscomani voted in favor of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill that included cuts to Medicaid and other social services.
- “That’s a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill that Rep. Ciscomani voted for,” she said. “These treatment facilities are going to be in a world of hurt.”
- Ciscomani’s campaign consultant, Daniel Scarpinato, did not respond to an email asking for a comment.
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