Two Colorado men were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison after they took a plea agreement for distributing fentanyl that killed a woman.

Two illegal aliens tied to Mexican cartels and approximately 130,000 fentanyl pills, heroin, cocaine and meth were discovered during a drug bust in the Denver, Colorado, area.

The Rocky Mountain Drug Enforcement Administration said their RMFD Special Agents have been on several operations since Sunday.

On Wednesday, the District of Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office said two men were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance.

Stopping illicit fentanyl distribution is a priority for the administration, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado J. Bishop Grewell said in a press release.

Colorado’s Division of Youth Services, which oversees the state’s 14 youth detention and commitment facilities, had not previously said how the teen died.

Two western Colorado men were sentenced to federal prison for more than 10 years after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl that killed a woman.

More details emerged Monday about a federal raid on a pop-up nightclub early Sunday morning near Denver, that was aimed at disrupting the operations of the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang in Colorado.

Photo courtesy of Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Colorado’s statewide grand jury indicted 10 people in an alleged drug trafficking ring that stretched from the far southeast corner of the state to the

Bank robberies spiked after the pandemic but they’ve fallen dramatically — federal prosecutors say it’s because the robbers fear federal prison time.

Eight people were arrested for distributing dangerous drugs in northern Colorado and Wyoming in a drug trafficking operation bust, according to the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force.

Eight people have been arrested and are facing drug trafficking charges in Northern Colorado and Wyoming. According to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, in April 2024 the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force received information about a drug trafficking organization led by a man from Johnstown.