Drug kingpin on parole arrested with enough fentanyl to kill most of county, DA says

A convicted narcotics trafficker, who authorities believe injected enough fentanyl into Colorado to potentially kill the majority of the county, will now spend the rest of his life in prison, having been sentenced to more than 150 years.

Carlos Gonzalez-Del Hoyo, 44, of Aurora, was sentenced last week to 159 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections by Weld County District Court Judge Annette Kundelius.

The hefty term stems from a January jury conviction on six felony counts related to large-scale narcotics distribution, including three counts of supplying methamphetamine and fentanyl…

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