EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Two El Paso women have been sentenced for their roles in the fentanyl poisoning death of a 19-year-old single mother, the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas announced Thursday, June 27 in a news release.
According to court documents, Kathy Lee Nicole Bradford, 32, coordinated the sale of M-30 pills to a woman in El Paso in April 2022.
On Bradford’s behalf, codefendant Patricia Tafoya, 40, delivered 10 counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl to the purchaser, who consumed some of the pills and, as concluded by the El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office, died of “acute fentanyl toxicity,” according to the news release.
Bradford admitted in March to knowing the pills contained fentanyl, pleading guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury, according to the news release. She was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison.
Tafoya pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, according to the news release. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered into a drug treatment program.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated the case.
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