Step.- Two El Paso women have been sentenced in federal court at the El Paso prison for their role in the fentanyl poisoning death of a 19-year-old single mother.
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 behalf of Bradford, co-defendant Patricia Tafoya, 40, delivered 10 M pills -30 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to the buyer, who consumed some of the pills and, the El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded, died from acute fentanyl toxicity.
Bradford admitted in March that he knew the pills contained fentanyl and pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury. She was sentenced to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison.
Tafoya pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to enter a drug treatment program.
U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas made the announcement.
The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip Countryman prosecuted it.
