CONCORD, N.H. — A 54-year-old woman who prosecutors said helped run a Methuen, Massachusetts, stash house for a drug trafficking organization operating in New Hampshire was sentenced Friday in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire, to 40 months in prison, according to the U.S. attorney's office for the District of New Hampshire.

Donaida Gonzalez, also known as "Yijana Rodriguez," was sentenced for conspiring to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, prosecutors said. She was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release.

According to court documents and statements cited by prosecutors, police agencies began investigating a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization operating in New Hampshire in early 2024. Over the course of the conspiracy, the group trafficked multiple kilograms of fentanyl and methamphetamine, prosecutors said.

Gonzalez is the mother of the organization's lead defendant, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Prosecutors said she helped run the group's stash house in Methuen, where drugs were stored and packaged before they were sold.

U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan said Gonzalez "helped move significant quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine from Massachusetts into New Hampshire."

Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation. Prosecutors said the case was brought through New Hampshire's Homeland Security Task Force, a federal multiagency initiative.

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