Mansfield Man Gets 25 Years For Drug Trafficking

MANSFIELD, CT — A Mansfield man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug trafficking and gun offenses, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Carlos Delgado, aka "Los," 51, will also serve five years of supervised release.

In 2018, law enforcement targeted an eastern Connecticut drug trafficking organization that prosecutors said Delgado led. The investigation found that Delgado was coordinating the shipment of kilogram quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to various locations in eastern Connecticut.

Delgado and his associates distributed the drugs and then mailed the cash generated from drug sales back to individuals in Puerto Rico, according to prosecutors. Investigators seized a package containing nearly one kilogram of cocaine that had been mailed from Puerto Rico to Delgado, and two packages containing $26,860 and $9,900 in cash that Delgado had mailed to addresses in Puerto Rico.

He also received more than 10 packages, each containing at least one kilogram of cocaine, from Puerto Rico.

Further investigation revealed that Delgado also received cocaine from a source in the Dominican Republic, and that he received heroin from a source in Mexico, according to prosecutors.

Delgado was arrested on federal charges July 9, 2018. A police search of his residence, car, and a third location revealed more than one kilogram of heroin, drug packaging materials, five guns, ammunition, and approximately $74,000 in cash.

Delgado has been detained since his arrest.

He was found guilty in January of one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine; one count of possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, and one count of possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.

The jury found Delgado not guilty of one count of possession of a gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Delgado’s criminal history includes state convictions for drugs, assault, burglary, larceny, and other crimes, and a federal conviction in 2004 for trafficking in stolen credit card account numbers.