A nationwide large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy led to the sentencing of a Dallas man today in federal court in Worcester.
U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman has sentenced Javier Robledo Perez, 39, to 49 and a half months in prison (time-served), along with two years of supervised release, as per the Massachusetts Department of Justice. Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, as well as possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine in April 2024.
Based in Dallas, Perez worked as a commercial truck driver, transporting around 30 kilograms of cocaine for a drug trafficking group that operated in Mexico and Texas. In May 2020, Perez and his co-conspirators organized the shipment of 30 kilograms of cocaine to an informant in Massachusetts. However, Perez was detained by law enforcement while driving his commercial semi-truck into Massachusetts in the same month. The law enforcement officials found 30 vacuum-sealed bricks, which contained about 30 kilograms of cocaine, in his possession.
Today, Joshua S. Levy, the Acting United States Attorney, alongside Jodi Cohen, the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, and John E. Mawn, Jr., the Interim Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police, announced the news. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Laredo and Dallas Divisions, provided significant support in the case. Alathea E. Porter, the Assistant U.S. Attorney of the Criminal Division, was responsible for prosecuting the matter.
As a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach, the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces operation aims to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the highest-level criminal organizations that pose a threat to the United States. This case is a part of the OCDETF program, which utilizes a comprehensive approach to combating organized crime. If you want to learn more about the OCDETF program, visit justice.gov.