Alexander Santiago Medina, Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2019

A Fall River man was sentenced for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy that spanned over a year, according to authorities.

Alexander Santiago Medina, also known as ‘Flaco,’ was sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas L. Woodlock. Medina pleaded guilty in March 2021 to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

Between February 2019 and December 2019, Medina was involved in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Investigators intercepted several communications between Medina and his co-conspirators, including a conversation on June 17, 2019, in which they agreed to distribute two kilograms of cocaine or more.

Later that day, investigators seized approximately two kilograms of cocaine from one of Medina’s co-conspirators. After Medina’s arrest on December 5, 2019, authorities searched a storage unit used by Medina and found a firearm and approximately 40 grams of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl.

Medina’s sentencing is the result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Estes of Mendell’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit prosecuted the case. Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, Joshua McCallister, Acting Inspector in Charge of the United States Postal Inspector Service, Boston Division, and New Bedford Police Chief Joseph C. Cordeiro made the announcement.

The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The remaining defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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