A Bronx woman was sentenced to six years in prison for fentanyl trafficking in Connecticut, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Winifer Acosta Jimenez, 32, was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
According to court records, the Drug Enforcement Administration arranged for a controlled purchase of two kilograms of fentanyl from Acosta Jimenez and her co-defendant Ovidalis Jimenez Pujols on February 22, 2023.
The two were detained in Milford and accused of being a “wholesale supplier of narcotics” with several distribution stations throughout the northeastern United States.
On January 31, 2024, Acosta Jimenez was detained by federal authorities and freed on a $100,000 bond. On July 31, 2024, she allegedly removed her GPS monitoring equipment and fled.
She was then captured in New York on December 18, 2025, and jailed.
Acosta Jimenez pled guilty on February 3 of this year. She was sentenced to 72 months in jail and two years of supervised release.
Jimenez Pujols also pled guilty and was sentenced to 48 months in jail on February 19, 2025.
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