‘Skittles Man’ and others in Sinaloa Cartel imprisoned for trafficking fentanyl in Florida

MIAMI — The “Skittles Man” — nicknamed for his huge supply of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills — is one of seven members and associates of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel sent to prison in recent months by a federal judge in South Florida.

The Skittles Man, whose real name is Roque Bustamante, supplied thousands of deadly Mexican-made fentanyl pills to Hector Apodaca-Alvarez, according to federal authorities. In recorded conversations, Apodaca-Alvarez and Bustamante asked an undercover agent if he would supply them with firearms, including .50 caliber high-powered rifles to be smuggled into Mexico.

Last year, Apodaca-Alvarez was arrested in South Florida while delivering 16 kilos of fentanyl and 2 kilos of cocaine to the undercover agent.

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