Concord, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella announces that on June 2, 2023, Ramon Rivera Muniz, age 37, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one felony count of Drug Enterprise Leader and one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Drug with the Intent to Distribute, and was sentenced by the Hillsborough County Superior Court (Northern District) to a total of 20 to 40 years on the Drug Enterprise Leader charge, with the opportunity to suspend 2 years of the minimum sentence if the defendant has no major disciplinary infractions while incarcerated. On the Possession of a Controlled Drug with Intent to Distribute charge, the defendant received a sentence of 5 to 10 years, all of which was suspended for 10 years, to be served consecutively to the Drug Enterprise Leader sentence if ever imposed.

The evidence in this case established that between January of 2018 and June 27, 2019, the defendant, acting as an organizer for profit, trafficked kilogram-level quantities of fentanyl from Massachusetts to multiple individuals in New Hampshire, which these individuals distributed in Rockingham, Hillsborough, and Grafton counties. Over the course of the investigation, investigators seized multiple kilograms of fentanyl from Mr. Rivera Muniz and his co-conspirators.

The investigation and resolution of this case was the result of collaborative efforts of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the New Hampshire State Police, New Hampshire Department of Corrections and the Manchester, Bedford, Pelham, Plymouth, Hudson, Nashua, Epping, Ashland and Amherst Police Departments, as well as the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force.