Felix Herrera Garcia, 35, of the Bronx, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Garcia pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death, and possession with intent to distribute narcotics resulting in death. Herrera Garcia was captured in Mexico after fleeing the country, authorities said. Between October 2022 through September 2023 Herrera Garcia and other defendants conspired to sell drugs out of the daycare, prosecutors said. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in Wednesday's statement that Herrera Garcia recklessly placed babies at risk of fentanyl exposure.

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Persons: Felix Herrera Garcia, Garcia, Herrera Garcia, Nicholas Dominici, Damian Williams, ” Williams, ” Organizations: Attorney’s, Southern, of, U.S Locations: York, Bronx, of New York, Mexico, “