Joshua S. Levy, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
A Dominican national, Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, has admitted guilt in a case involving the trafficking of thousands of fentanyl pills. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl, as well as possession with intent to distribute the same amount. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani has set his sentencing for May 12, 2025.
Guerrero Soto was charged in September 2024 alongside three others. According to court documents, an undercover agent ordered 30,000 blue pressed fentanyl pills and 500 grams of powder fentanyl from Ernesto Andujar Echavarria in September 2024. Andujar Echavarria allegedly agreed to supply the drugs the following day but informed the agent that an associate would deliver them instead. Guerrero Soto then met with the agent and handed over a backpack containing a shoe box filled with blue pills and bags of brown powder. Upon arrest, Guerrero Soto was found carrying a Dominican identification card. The seized substances contained over two kilograms of fentanyl.
Ernesto Andujar Echavarria has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.
The charges against Guerrero Soto carry mandatory minimum sentences ranging from ten years to life imprisonment, at least five years of supervised release, and fines up to $10 million. Following any sentence imposed, he faces deportation proceedings. Sentences are determined by a federal district court judge based on U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Field Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Pohl from the Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit is handling the prosecution.
It is important to note that all remaining defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
