PHOENIX — Two men, one a Mexican national and the other from California, were arrested on Monday for conspiracy of distributing more than 45 kilograms of fentanyl, authorities said in a Friday press release.
Californian Jose Angel Gonzalez-Carrillo, 46, and Mexican Ethyel Aldahyr Ontiveros-Flores, 25, had reportedly been involved with an attempted sale in Phoenix of more than 36 kilograms of fentanyl pills (estimated to be about 300,000 pills) and 9 kilograms of fentanyl power.
Details on fentanyl arrest
The day each man was arrested, authorities said Gonzalez-Carrillo had “coordinated the sale” of about 100,000 fentanyl pills, of which Ontiveros-Flores delivered them all in two batches.
Both men were arrested by officers following the delivery of the second batch of pills, the release said…