A Massachusetts woman who helped facilitate a deadly fentanyl ring has been granted clemency by President Joe Biden, the Boston Herald reported on Friday.

Luz Perez DeMartinez, 32, of Lawerence, Massachusetts, was sentence to 11 years in federal prison five years ago for her role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking ring. She pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.

Federal prosecutors said the drug running organization, led by Sergio Martinez, sold fentanyl to customers from several New England states. DeMartinez is the wife of the organization’s leader and whose primary role was to process the hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits brought in by the drug sales.

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