United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Bernardo D. Pulido, 33, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison for the offense of distribution of fentanyl.

At his guilty plea hearing last year, Pulido admitted that he sold pills containing fentanyl to an individual in Cape Girardeau on two separate occasions in May 2023. Unbeknownst to Pulido at the time, the individual purchasing the pills was working as an informant for the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

According to court documents, Pulido has multiple felony drug convictions from state courts. At the time he sold fentanyl to the DEA informant, Pulido was under parole supervision through the State of Missouri for a methamphetamine-trafficking offense.

After serving the 10-year sentence, Pulido will be placed on supervised release for six years.

DEA investigated this case.