NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A 51-year-old man who prosecutors say ran a major drug trafficking operation in eastern Connecticut was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
Carlos Delgado, of Mansfield, was convicted in January of federal drug trafficking and firearms possession charges following an investigation begun in 2018 by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force and the Willimantic Police Department.
Prosecutors said Delgado was coordinating the shipment of kilogram quantities of cocaine through the mail from Puerto Rico to various spots in eastern Connecticut.
Delgado and his gang distributed the drugs and then mailed cash proceeds from their sales back to people in Puerto Rico, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors say Delgado also received cocaine from the Dominican Republic and heroin from Mexico.
He has been in prison since his arrest in July 2018.
The sentence, handed down Monday by U.S. District Judge Janet Hall, also includes five years of supervised release.
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