Salvadoran 18th Street Gang Associate Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

Monday, August 18, 2025, 7:30 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BOSTON, MA.- Last Wednesday, a 22-year-old El Salvadoran national and known associate of the violent transnational criminal organization 18th Street gang learned that he could potentially be facing spending four decades in federal prison before being deported, after pleading guilty to distributing 1,000 fentanyl-laced pills in and around the North Shore area of Boston, Massachusetts.

     According to U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley, on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Orlando Mancia, also known as”Intruso,” 22, illegally residing in Everett, Massachusetts, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, to Distribution and Posssession with Intent to Distribute 40 Grams or More of a Controlled Substance, Fentanyl.

Mancia Is Scheduled For Sentencing In November

     After entering his guilty plea, Judge Saylor accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing for November 18, 2025. At that time, Mancia faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 40 years in federal prison, at least four years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a $5 million fine. At sentencing, a U.S. District Court Judge will determine the term of imprisonment based on the seriousness of the offense and Mancia’s prior criminal history. Upon completion of any sentence imposed, Mancia will face immediate deportation proceedings and be removed from the United States.

Mancia Sold Fentanyl Pills Twice To An Informant

     According to the charging documents filed with the District Court, on October 15, 2024, in Everett, Massachusetts, Mancia sold around 500 fentanyl-laced pressed pills to a confidential informant. Just eight days later, on October 23, 2024, Mancia again sold 500 fentanyl-laced pressed pills along with a quantity of cocaine to the confidential informant.