19-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 16 Months for Possession With Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

TUCSON, Ariz. – Dulce Maria Haros, 19, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 16 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Haros pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl on March 7, 2023.  

On October 1, 2022, Haros was traveling on a shuttle that stopped at a United States Border Patrol checkpoint. During a routine inspection, agents discovered a handbag containing three packages of fentanyl pills totaling three kilograms in weight. Haros admitted the handbag was hers, and that she intended to deliver the fentanyl to another person.

The Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation in this case. The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.
 

CASE NUMBER:           CR-22-02343-TUC-RM (BGM)
RELEASE NUMBER:    2023-127_Haros

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