Jaime Torres, Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2020

New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

BOSTON – Jaime Torres, a 48-year-old New Bedford man, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine in Massachusetts.

According to court documents, Torres conspired with others to distribute cocaine from at least February 2019 through December 2019. Investigators intercepted a number of communications between Torres and co-conspirators, including communications on or about June 17, 2019, in which Torres and various co-conspirators agreed to distribute two kilograms of cocaine or more.

Later that same day, investigators seized approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Torres’s storage unit, along with 117 grams of a mixture and substance containing heroin, 55 grams of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and over 43 grams of methamphetamine.

Torres pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and five grams or more of methamphetamine.

Torres faces a sentencing of at least five years and up to 40 years in prison, at least four years of supervised release and a fine of up to $5 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Estes of Mendell’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case. The effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, which uses a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach to disrupt and dismantle the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States.

New Bedford Police Chief Joseph C. Cordeiro, U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock and other law enforcement officials made the announcement. Torres was charged in December 2019, along with 12 co-defendants.

Torres is scheduled to be sentenced on October 19, 2021.

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