TAMPA, Fla. – Two women from Dade City are headed to federal prison after a major drug trafficking investigation revealed a pipeline of fentanyl and methamphetamine running straight into Pasco County.
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced 29-year-old Lizbet Sanchez-Alvear to 16 years behind bars for her role as a top-level drug broker. Her associate, Cecelia Yalitza Ruiz, also 29, was handed a 27-month sentence for destroying key evidence during a chaotic scene with police.
For the last three years, Sanchez-Alvear was much more than a street-level dealer. According to court records, she acted as the main connection point between heavy-hitting suppliers in Mexico and Atlanta and the mid-level dealers operating in Florida…