NEW BEDFORD A former New Bedford-based regional officer for a national criminal enterprise known as the Latin Kings has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release on racketeering charges.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney s Office, 26-year-old Michael Cotto of New Bedford, known as King Gordo, was sentenced on June 8 by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya Zobel.
A former member of the Latin Kings New Bedford Chapter, Cotto had previously pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in January after admitting to playing a role in distributing drugs and conducting acts of violence for the gang.
BOSTON – A member of the Fitchburg chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation will be sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Dairon Rivera, aka “King Mafia,” 27, pleaded guilty to the charge and sentencing was set for April 1 by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel.
Rivera was charged in December 2019, at which time he was a member of the Fitchburg chapter of the Latin Kings, a violent criminal enterprise composed of thousands of members across the United States, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.