A Honduran national associated with the 18th Street Gang has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl. Elvin Martinez-Flores, 23, who lived unlawfully in Everett, received a sentence of 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. Following his sentence, Martinez-Flores will face deportation.
Martinez-Flores pleaded guilty in May 2025 to charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl. According to authorities, he was identified as a gang associate and a significant wholesaler of fentanyl during an investigation into the activities of the 18th Street Gang in several Massachusetts communities including Everett, Chelsea, Revere, East Boston, and Lynn.
Officials reported that on September 20, 2024, Martinez-Flores sold about 400 pressed fentanyl pills to a cooperating witness. He later sold another 500 pressed fentanyl pills on October 28, 2024.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston Division; and Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives’ Boston Field Division. They noted assistance from the Massachusetts State Police; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations; district attorney’s offices for Suffolk and Middlesex counties; as well as police departments from Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Falmouth, Lynn, Medford, Nantucket and Revere.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy E. Moran and Fred Wyshak from the Organized Crime & Gang Unit prosecuted the case.
The prosecution was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. The OCDETF program works to identify and dismantle high-level criminal organizations using a prosecutor-led approach that brings together multiple agencies based on intelligence gathering. More information about OCDETF is available at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
