An associate of the 18th Street Gang, Elvin Martinez-Flores, has admitted guilt to drug-related charges in a federal court in Boston. The 23-year-old from Everett confessed to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute over 40 grams of fentanyl. United States District Judge Indira Talwani has set the sentencing date for August 5, 2025. Martinez-Flores faced charges following a criminal complaint filed in January 2025.
Martinez-Flores was involved in two separate transactions where he sold pressed fentanyl pills to a cooperating witness—approximately 400 pills on September 20, 2024, and another batch of 500 pills on October 28, 2024.
The offense of distributing and possessing fentanyl carries potential penalties including up to 20 years imprisonment, at least three years up to life under supervised release, and fines reaching $1 million. Sentencing decisions are made by a federal district court judge according to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and applicable statutes.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Kim Milka, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division; and James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Boston Field Division. The investigation received significant support from several law enforcement agencies including Massachusetts State Police; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Suffolk County and Middlesex County District Attorney’s Offices; as well as police departments from Boston and surrounding areas.
This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation aimed at dismantling high-level criminal organizations threatening the United States through a coordinated multi-agency approach led by prosecutors.
