DA: Colorado man caught with enough fentanyl to kill nearly 300k people, sentenced

The Brief

  • Carlos Gonzalez-Del Hoyo was sentenced to 159 years in prison.
  • Authorities found 11 lbs. of methamphetamine and 6,000 pills containing fentanyl
  • It was enough fentanyl to kill nearly everyone in the county, DA’s office says

Busted with enough fentanyl to kill hundreds of thousands of people, a Colorado man is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

What we know:

Carlos Gonzalez-Del Hoyo learned his fate last Friday when a Weld County, Colorado, judge sentenced him to 159 years in prison following his conviction on six drug-related charges.

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