Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
A Salvadoran national associated with the 18th Street Gang pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing fentanyl in the Boston area. Orlando Mancia, also known as Intruso, age 22, who was unlawfully residing in Everett, Massachusetts, admitted to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
The plea was entered before U.S. District Court Senior Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, who scheduled sentencing for November 18, 2025.
Authorities said that on October 15, 2024, Mancia sold about 500 pressed fentanyl pills to a cooperating witness in Everett. On October 23, 2024, he sold another 500 pressed fentanyl pills along with cocaine to the same witness.
According to federal law, distribution and possession with intent to distribute at least 40 grams of fentanyl carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of up to forty years in prison. The defendant may also face at least four years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and fines reaching $5 million. Following any sentence imposed by the court under federal guidelines and statutes, Mancia will be subject to deportation proceedings.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley announced the plea along with Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division; and Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Boston Field Division. Assistance came from several agencies including Massachusetts State Police; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement & Removal Operations; Suffolk County and Middlesex County District Attorney’s Offices; and multiple local police departments from Boston-area communities.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy Moran and Fred Wyshak from the Organized Crime & Gang Unit are prosecuting the case.
This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation targeting high-level criminal organizations through coordinated efforts across multiple agencies led by prosecutors using intelligence-driven strategies. More details about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
