Peoria Woman Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Three of Her Children Plead Guilty to Other Drug Offenses

     PHOENIX - Yesterday, Fany Madrigal-Lopez, 45, of Peoria, Ariz., pleaded guilty to the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.  A conviction for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death carries a minimum-mandatory sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. 

     Three of Madrigal-Lopez’s adult children also pleaded guilty to different controlled substance offenses.  Paulina Madrigal-Macias, 26, of Hawaii, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.  Adolfo Macias-Madrigal, 27, of Peoria, Ariz., and Luis Angel Macias, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., both pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a communications facility as part of a drug conspiracy. 

     According to publicly-filed court documents, between the fall of 2015 and August 2017, Fany Madrigal-Lopez obtained quantities of oxycodone, blue “M-30” pills that looked like oxycodone but contained fentanyl, cocaine, and alprazolam from others in Arizona.  The four defendants then sold these substances to customers.  On Nov. 16, 2016, Fany Madrigal-Lopez sold blue “M-30” pills to a customer who later died after consuming them.

     Sentencing is set before the Honorable Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Judge, on June 19, 2018 for Adolfo Macias-Madrigal and Luis Angel Macias, on July 2, 2018, for Fany Madrigal-Lopez, and on July 9, 2018 for Paulina Macias.

     The investigation in this case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, who were assisted by the Peoria Police Department and the Arizona National Guard.  The prosecution is being handled by Carolina Escalante Konti, D.J. Pashayan, and Jeffrey Borup, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, District of Arizona, Phoenix.     

CASE NUMBER:           CR-17-1110-PHX-DLR

RELEASE NUMBER:    2018-040_Madrigal-Lopez et al.

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