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Citizen of Dominican Republic Sentenced to 120 Months for Heroin Trafficking

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire

            CONCORD, N.H. – Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Toribio Guerrero Marte, a/k/a Luis Rodriguez Lugo, a/k/a Boss, 32 of the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for heroin trafficking.

 

            Documents filed with the court established that Guerrero Marte participated in a drug trafficking organization between June 2015 and October 2016.  This organization distributed heroin to customers from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  The defendant admitted that he delivered drugs to customers of the organization on a daily basis. 

 

            The defendant pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute heroin on August 7, 2017.  After serving his prison sentence, he will be on supervised release for 3 years.   He also faces possible deportation to the Dominican Republic after he has served his sentence.

 

            The investigation and prosecution of Guerrero Marte was part of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) effort to address heroin distribution in New Hampshire.  In addition to Toribio Guerrero Marte’s prosecution, his brother Alberto Guerrero Marte, 38, received a 15-year sentence, Allison DeJesus, age 19, received a sentence of five years of probation.  Jonaly DeJesus, 22, received a sentence of time served and five years of supervised release, and Allan Raymond Pimentel, 21, received a sentence of 57 months in prison.  Michell DeJesus, 34, Maria Miguelina Lara Lara, 33, Santo Rodolfo Garcia Mendez, 33, Wilkin Andres Beltre Arias, 39, Edward Garcia, 31, and Luis Colon, 30, are all awaiting sentencing.    In a related case, Mark Gagnon, 54, of Candia, was sentenced to 48 months in prison.

 

           “Members of the law enforcement community in New Hampshire are united in our effort to stop the flow the flow of heroin and other deadly drugs into the Granite State,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Farley.  “Those who attempt to profit from the sale of these drugs will be identified and prosecuted.  I salute the law enforcement agencies whose teamwork made this prosecution possible.”

 

           “Those suffering from the disease of opioid addiction need access to treatment and recovery,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson.  “But, those responsible for distributing lethal drugs like heroin to the citizens of New Hampshire need to be held accountable for their actions.  DEA pledges to aggressively pursue Drug Trafficking Organizations or individuals who are coming from out of state to distribute this poison in order to profit and destroy people’s lives.  This investigation would not have been a success without the continued commitment of our local, state and federal law enforcement partners.”

 

            This matter was investigated by the DEA; Homeland Security Investigations; the Massachusetts State Police; the Haverhill Police Department; the United States Marshals Service; the New Hampshire State Police; the Manchester Police Department; the Lawrence Police Department; the Lowell Police Department, the Methuen Police Department, and the Hillsborough County Drug Task Force.  Assistant United States Attorney Donald Feith prosecuted the case.

 

            This case was supported by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).  The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.  

 

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Updated January 16, 2018

Topics
Drug Trafficking
Opioids
Press Release Number: 18-009