A Honduran national residing in Everett was sentenced in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl. Elvin Martinez-Flores, 23, received a sentence of 14 months in prison and three years of supervised release from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. Upon completion of his sentence, Martinez-Flores will be subject to deportation. In May 2025, he pleaded guilty to charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
Authorities identified Martinez-Flores as an associate of the transnational criminal organization known as the 18th Street Gang during an investigation focused on several Massachusetts communities including Everett, Chelsea, Revere, East Boston, and Lynn. According to investigators, Martinez-Flores acted as a wholesaler in the distribution of fentanyl. On September 20, 2024, he sold about 400 pressed fentanyl pills to a cooperating witness. He later sold another 500 pressed fentanyl pills on October 28, 2024.
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. They acknowledged support from multiple 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.
The prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation aimed at identifying and dismantling major criminal organizations that threaten the United States through coordinated efforts among various agencies led by prosecutors using intelligence-driven strategies. More information about OCDETF can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
“United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; and Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division made the announcement today.”
