(FOX40.COM) — A Sacramento man has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, including those that killed a teenage victim in 2019.
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37-year-old Sandro Escobedo was sentenced to 22 years for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, plus distribution of fentanyl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced.
Prosecutors said Escobedo was a distributor of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone M-30 pills and cocaine for an organization that distributed them in Northern California. The drugs were imported from Mexico.
In October 2019, a teen died of fentanyl poisoning from pills that Escobedo distributed, prosecutors said.
Fifteen other defendants have pleaded guilty. Thirteen others have received sentences ranging from 19 months to 27 years.
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