The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Cass County woman was sentenced Friday to 5-years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. 35-year old Azucena Carmen Cordero, of Atlantic, must also serve four years of supervised release following her incarceration, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from July of 2012 until January 21, 2013.

Cordero pled guilty on October 15, 2013, to the charge, which was the result of an investigation conducted into methamphetamine distribution in and around the Atlantic area. Cordero obtained methamphetamine from a source in South Omaha, Nebraska, distributing it in Atlantic, and to a person in Polk City, Iowa. Co-defendant Paul Jessen was previously sentenced to 122 months in prison by the same judge who handed down the sentence again Cordero last Friday.

The investigation was conducted by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the Atlantic Police Department and the Iowa Division of Narcotic Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.