It’s time to stop treating the trafficking of deadly drugs as a non-violent crime.
President Joe Biden’s mass clemency spree last week included Lawrence, Massachusetts, woman Luz Perez DeMartinez, who was sentenced five years ago to 11 years in federal prison for participating in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. DeMartinez pleaded guilty.
The feds in court had said a drug trafficking organization, led by Sergio Martinez, sold fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. DeMartinez was the wife of the organization’s leader,…