By Tiffany Williams –
An Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation in New Hampshire has led to 22 individuals charged in a drug trafficking organization led by led Juan Ramon Soto Baez operating out of Manchester.
Since Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, 12 of the individuals charged have been arrested on conspiracy to distribute controlled substance charges.
During these arrests, law enforcement seized approximately 1.6 kilograms of suspected cocaine, 150 grams of suspected cocaine case, 250 grams of suspected fentanyl, 100 bags of suspected controlled substances packaged for sale, $26,000 in cash, and four firearms.
Juan Ramon Soto Baez also known by various aliases, including “Ricky” and his associates were running a sophisticated drug trafficking operation, and allegedly have been supplying the Manchester area with fentanyl and crack cocaine for at least the past 4 years.
The drug trafficking operation included large quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine trafficked from Massachusetts to New Hampshire.
They utilized a business model indicative of a sophisticated drug trafficking operation, which included using dispatch telephone numbers that customers would call to order drugs. Drug runners would drive vehicles to meet customers at predetermined locations to sell them drugs, often inside the runners’ vehicles.
The following defendants have been charged in federal court:
Juan Ramon Soto Baez aka “Ricky,” aka “Nicolas Lopez Rosado”, 53, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Soto Baez is in custody. He is scheduled for a detention hearing in federal court in Concord on June 8, 2023 at 2:00pm.
Osvaldo David Soto Jimenez aka “Tony”, 29, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Soto Jimenez is in custody.
Flemin Soto Baez aka “Carlos” aka “Joel Rodriguez”, 38, of Manchester, New Hampshire. Soto Baez is in custody.
Antonio Aguasvivas aka “Toni”, 27, of Providence, Rhode Island. Aguasvivas is in custody.
Melissa Rey Ramos aka “Ralphie”, 34, of Peabody, Massachusetts. Rey Ramos is in custody.
Angel Leonel Fuentes Pizarro, 42, of Boston, Massachusetts. Pizarro is in custody. He is scheduled for a detention hearing in federal court in Concord on June 9. 2023 at 11:30am.
Alejandro Reyes Rosado, 29.
Maria Camacho aka “Christina”, 43, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Luis Maldonado aka “Tony”, 48, of Manchester, New Hampshire. Maldonado is in custody. He is scheduled for a detention hearing in federal court in Concord on June 8, 2023 at 10:00am.
Yefris Cruz Andujar, 23, of Providence, Rhode Island.
Hidequell Gonzalez Viscaino, 22, of Waterbury, Connecticut.
Katie Girgus, 29, of Manchester, New Hampshire. Girgus is in custody.
Nickolas Starkey, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire. Starkey is in custody.
Daniel Beldin, 33, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Dari Rafael Baez Martinez aka “Chino”, 32, of Boston, Massachusetts. Baez Martinez is in custody.
Leander Jose Rivera Soto, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Gabriel Hernandez, 30, of Boston, Massachusetts. Hernandez is in custody.
Jose Cordero Ortiz, 37, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Victor Arias Mejia, 38, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Jhonattan Jimenez, 36, of Boston, Massachusetts.
Alesha Neault, 37, of Manchester, New Hampshire.
Brandon Rivera, 21, of Boston, Massachusetts. Rivera is in custody.