Peoria Woman Sentenced For Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting In Death

     PHOENIX – This week, Fany Madrigal-Lopez, 46, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced by the Honorable Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, to concurrent 12-year terms of imprisonment. Madrigal-Lopez had previously pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl that resulted in death, and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.  As part of her sentence, Madrigal-Lopez’s residence in Peoria, Ariz., was forfeited to the United States.

     Madrigal-Lopez’s sentencing followed other hearings in which Judge Rayes imposed sentences of probation and supervised release for three of Madrigal-Lopez’s adult children who participated in some of her crimes.  Previously, 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, Madrigal-Lopez obtained quantities of oxycodone and 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.  Despite learning of this death, Madrigal-Lopez continued to distribute various controlled substances to customers in the Phoenix area

     Despite learning of this death, Madrigal-Lopez continued to distribute various controlled substances to customers in the Phoenix area.  On Aug. 18, 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at her residence in Peoria, Ariz., and recovered quantities of oxycodone; cocaine; blue “M-30” pills that contained fentanyl; and alprazolam. 

     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 was handled by Carolina Escalante Konti, D.J. Pashayan, and Jeffrey Borup, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

CASE NUMBER:           CR-2:17-1110-PHX-DLR

RELEASE NUMBER:    2018-128_Madrigal-Lopez

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