A Pasco County woman was sentenced for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, and another was sentenced for destroying evidence.
29-year-old Lizbet Sanchez-Alvear, of Dade City, was recently sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernadez Covington to 16 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Judge Covington also sentenced 29-year-old Cecelia Yalitza Ruiz, of Dade City, to 27 months in federal prison for destroying evidence relating to Sanchez’s investigation.
According to court documents, over the last three years, Sanchez was the main source of supply and broker for mid-level narcotics dealers in Pasco County in Central Florida, distributing to one dealer alone at least 50 kilograms of methamphetamine and 3 kilograms of fentanyl. Sanchez specialized in connecting the sources of narcotics supply in Mexico and Atlanta with mid-level narcotics dealers in the Middle District of Florida, brokering numerous deals and receiving payment for her services…