公寓里藏着假药丸工厂：麻州Lawrence男子认罪，查获压片机与数公斤假冒药丸、逾2公斤毒品
位于美国马萨诸塞州Essex County的Lawrence市男子 Jose Vasquez Lantigua（48岁）已在波士顿的联邦法院认罪，承认参与一个贩毒组织、在公寓内制造假冒处方药丸。联邦检察官办公室10月30日公布，现场查获一台自动化压片机、数公斤假冒 Adderall 与 Percocet 药丸（检方认为其中含有芬太尼与冰毒），以及逾2公斤疑似受管制物质。
据检方起诉文件，这个名为 La Culebra 的贩毒组织控制着 Methuen 市一处公寓内的大型制毒点。调查人员此前安排了一次受控购买，从与该组织有关联的送货人 Joshua Morales 手中买到毒品；搜查该公寓时，调查人员发现疑似受管制物质粉末上留有新鲜脚印，脚印沿室内楼梯通往二楼一处公寓，Lantigua 与同案人 Manuel Santana-Soto 正在那里，两人所穿人字拖的鞋底与粉末中的脚印吻合。
二楼公寓的登记租户随后告诉执法人员，Lantigua 与 Santana-Soto 无权进入她的公寓、也没有钥匙。检方认为，两人是先逃离三楼制毒点、闯入二楼公寓后被执法人员发现的。三楼公寓内除压片机外，还查获大量制丸工具，包括切割剂、搅拌机、电子秤、碗具，以及装满疑似芬太尼与冰毒粉末和黏合剂的袋子。
Lantigua 于2025年8月与 Santana-Soto 一同被捕并被起诉。他承认的罪名是共谋制造、分发及持有意图分发和制造受管制物质，联邦资深地区法官 Patti B. Saris 已排定2027年1月28日量刑。该罪名法定刑为至少10年、最高终身监禁，至少5年、最高终身的监督释放，以及最高1000万美元罚金；实际刑期由法官依联邦量刑指南与相关法律裁定。
同案进展方面：Santana-Soto 已于2026年5月认罪，定于2026年12月8日量刑；Morales 已于2026年3月认罪，定于2026年11月10日量刑；La Culebra 另一成员 Aris Arvelo Gonzalez 于2025年11月在另一次受控购买与另一处制毒点被查后被起诉，已于2026年9月认罪，定于2027年1月13日量刑。
此案由马萨诸塞州联邦检察官 Leah B. Foley、联邦调查局（FBI）波士顿分局主管特工 Ted E. Docks、美国缉毒局（DEA）新英格兰地区主管特工 Jarod A. Forget 与马萨诸塞州警察总监 Geoffrey D. Noble 共同宣布，Essex County 地方检察官办公室提供了协助，案件由联邦助理检察官 Philip A. Mallard 主诉。
Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty in Counterfeit Pill Operation: Pill Press and Kilograms of Fake Adderall and Percocet Seized in Methuen Apartment
Jose Vasquez Lantigua, 48, of Lawrence, in Essex County, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking organization that manufactured counterfeit prescription pills inside an apartment. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced on October 30 that investigators recovered an automated pill press, multiple kilograms of counterfeit Adderall and Percocet pills believed to contain fentanyl and methamphetamine, and over two kilograms of suspected controlled substances.
According to the charging documents, Lantigua and the La Culebra drug trafficking organization controlled a large drug manufacturing location inside an apartment in Methuen, where a controlled purchase of drugs was made from Joshua Morales, a drug runner associated with the organization. During a search of the apartment, investigators observed fresh footprints in powders believed to be controlled substances. The footprints led down an interior staircase to a second-floor apartment, where Lantigua and co-conspirator Manuel Santana-Soto were encountered wearing flip flops with soles that matched the powdered footprints.
The listed tenant of the second-floor apartment later told law enforcement that Lantigua and Santana-Soto did not have permission to be in her apartment and did not have a key. Prosecutors believe the two fled the third-floor unit and broke into the second-floor unit before officers made entry. In the third-floor apartment, investigators also found numerous implements used in pill manufacturing, including cutting agents, blenders, scales, bowls, and bags full of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine powders and binding agents.
Lantigua was arrested and charged in August 2025 along with Santana-Soto. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute and manufacture controlled substances. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for January 28, 2027. The charge carries a sentence of at least 10 years and up to life in prison, at least five years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $10 million; sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Santana-Soto pleaded guilty in May 2026 and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 8, 2026. Morales pleaded guilty in March 2026 and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 10, 2026. Aris Arvelo Gonzalez, another member of La Culebra, was charged in November 2025 following a series of controlled purchases and the identification of another manufacturing location; he pleaded guilty in September 2026 and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 13, 2027.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Jarod A. Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England; and Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, made the announcement, with valuable assistance provided by the Essex County District Attorney's Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Philip A. Mallard of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting the case.
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