WORCESTER — A local man received a sentence om Wednesday to eight years in prison for his role leading a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that ran drugs from Puerto Rico into Central Massachusetts, federal prosecutors said.
Luis Sastre Pagan, 37, of Puerto Rico and formerly of Southbridge, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Margaret R. Guzman to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Prosecutors said he was charged in November 2024 alongside co-conspirators Eric Rivera and Miguel Lopez.
According to prosecutors, from April 2023 through April 2024, Sastre Pagan took part in a conspiracy that shipped kilograms of cocaine into Central Massachusetts from Puerto Rico, directing the activities of co-defendants and other conspirators around Southbridge and Worcester. Investigators seized four packages found to contain cocaine during the probe, and prosecutors attributed between 15 and 50 kilograms of cocaine to Sastre Pagan’s role in the conspiracy.
Rivera pleaded guilty in August 2025 and was sentenced that November to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. Lopez was sentenced in April to six years in prison and five years of supervised release.
