Yoanni Suarez, also known as "Cuba," has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. The sentencing was announced by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill handed down the sentence in Bridgeport for Suarez's involvement in trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, alongside violating his previous supervised release conditions.
Suarez had previously been sentenced in April 2016 to 78 months imprisonment with four years of supervised release for heroin trafficking, from which he was released in April 2021. However, by July 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force had started investigating a large-scale drug trafficking operation distributing fentanyl and cocaine across Connecticut.
The investigation utilized various techniques such as court-authorized wiretaps and controlled purchases. It revealed that Suarez's son, Giovanny Jorrin, was involved in sending narcotics proceeds back to sources in California via Mexico. In February 2023, two parcels mailed by Jorrin containing cash were seized by investigators.
Suarez's role included arranging shipments of fentanyl and cocaine to Connecticut while on supervised release and coordinating sales within the Hartford area. He has been detained since his arrest on June 7, 2023, and pleaded guilty on June 13, 2023, to conspiracy charges related to fentanyl distribution.
Jorrin also pleaded guilty to related charges and received a sentence of 24 months imprisonment on June 7, 2024.
The investigation involved multiple agencies including the DEA’s Hartford Task Force, FBI, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service among others. The case is prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert S. Dearington and A. Reed Durham under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program.