Massachusetts man sentenced after cocaine seized from Mexico-based drug trafficking organization

BOSTON (WWLP) – A man from Boston was sentenced in connection with a nationwide drug conspiracy.

According to the Department of Justice, 41-year-old Francis Jose Perez-Baez was a Boston-based drug distributor who distributed large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl. It as alleged that he received multiple kilograms of cocaine from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that utilized commercial semi-trucks to transport dozens of kilograms of cocaine throughout the United States, including to Massachusetts.

The investigation revealed that he paid nearly $280,000 in drug proceeds for multiple kilograms of cocaine. In addition, Perez-Baez sold fentanyl to a cooperating witness on multiple occasions.

Perez-Baez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, distribution and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. He was sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

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