HARTFORD — A woman who pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl across state lines was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison and two years of supervised release, officials said.
Winifer Acosta Jimenez, 32, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl on Feb. 3, 2026, according to a statement by U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut David X. Sullivan.
Tuesday’s sentencing came more than three-and-a-half years after Acosta Jimenez and her co-defendant, Ovidalis Jimenez Pujols, were arrested on Feb. 22, 2023, after they transported two kilograms of fentanyl from New York to Milford and allegedly sold it to undercover Drug Enforcement Administration investigators…