Dominican National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills

BOSTON - A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Dorchester, Mass. was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.

Anderson Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to five years in prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release. The defendant is subject to deportation upon completion of the imposed sentence. In December 2025, Andujar pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl; three counts of distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl; one count of distribution of 40 grams or more of fentanyl and methamphetamine; and one count of possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Andujar was arrested and charged in September 2024 along with three co-conspirators Waner Bernabel Presinal, Carlos Fabal and Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto.

In November 2023, law enforcement identified Andujar as a large-scale drug trafficker distributing various narcotics. Over the course of the investigation, Andujar distributed tens of thousands of press fentanyl tablets as well as powdered fentanyl, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement.

Bernabel was identified as a co-conspirator who worked with Andujar to distribute fentanyl pills and Fabal was identified as a fentanyl pill supplier to Andujar. Fabal was previously convicted in 2007 in federal court in Boston of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, for which he was sentenced to 67 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

At the time of the arrests, 30,000 blue pressed fentanyl pills were seized along with and 500 grams of powder fentanyl from Andujar and Guerrero Soto.

Fabal pleaded guilty in October 2025 and is awaiting sentencing. Bernabel was sentenced in June 2026 to five years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release. Guerrero Soto pleaded guilty in February 2025 and, in May 2025, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Jarod A. Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England made the announcement. Valuable assistance in the investigation was provided by the Massachusetts State Police and Boston Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Pohl of the Criminal Division is prosecuted the case.