Man Sentenced In Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 5:45 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BOSTON, MA.- A 35-year-old New York man will be spending nearly the next four years in federal prison after he was sentenced on Monday for his role in a narcotics trafficking organization that shipped kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico into Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

     According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, on Monday, January 13, 2025, Felix Baez Munoz, 35, of New York, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, to 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his previously entered guilty plea to a federal narcotics violation.

     In September 2024, Baez Munoz appeared in Federal Court in Boston, Massachusetts, and pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance.

According To U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy

     According to U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy and documents filed with the District Court. During an ongoing narcotics investigation, Baez Munoz was identified as a drug and money courier for a drug trafficking organization that trafficked kilogram quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service. 

     The cocaine inside these packages was typically concealed inside consumer goods, such as air fryers. The packages were mailed from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In May 2020, federal agents surveilled Barz Munoz as he transported a duffle bag from Massachusetts to New York. After stopping Baez Munoz in New York, he consented to a search of the duffle bag. During the search, federal agents uncovered $387,030 of suspected drug proceeds.