https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2025/06/cartel-associate-pleads-guilty-to-drug-conspiracy-to-bring-cocaine-heroin-to-wmass-vt.html

A Massachusetts-based member of the Tijuana-based Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a cocaine and money laundering conspiracy that ferried narcotics to the Bay State from Mexico, passing money through a co-conspirator’s car dealership in Enfield, Connecticut.

Eber Alain Estrada Palafox, 39, known as “Doctor,” of Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute heroin and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Over a two-year span, Palafox conspired with a ring of Massachusetts-based traffickers to transport cocaine and heroin from Mexico through California to Massachusetts and New England, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The drugs were taken to Westfield, where they were prepped for distribution, the DOJ said.