Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Honduran national residing in Everett has been sentenced to prison for distributing fentanyl as part of an investigation into the 18th Street Gang. Elvin Martinez-Flores, 23, was sentenced to 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. After serving his sentence, Martinez-Flores will be subject to deportation.
Martinez-Flores pleaded guilty in May 2025 to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute at least 40 grams of fentanyl. Authorities identified him as a gang associate and a wholesaler dealing pressed fentanyl pills in several Massachusetts communities, including Everett, Chelsea, Revere, East Boston, and Lynn. According to court documents, on September 20, 2024, he sold about 400 pressed fentanyl pills to a cooperating witness. On October 28, 2024, he made another sale of approximately 500 pressed fentanyl pills.
The case was announced 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. The investigation received support from multiple law enforcement agencies including the Massachusetts State Police; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations; Suffolk County and Middlesex County District Attorney’s Offices; 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.
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation aimed at disrupting major criminal organizations through a multi-agency approach led by prosecutors using intelligence-driven strategies. More information about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
"The effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation," officials said.
