The arrest of a Trinitarios gang member in Massachusetts earlier this week highlighted the fact that, despite a sweeping crackdown by federal prosecutors earlier this year, the organization is still a force in New England.
Luis Jose Nivar Cabral is charged with a single count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, filed in federal court in Maine. An affidavit filed in support of the charge identified Cabral as a member of the gang.
The Trinitarios gang, according to prosecutors, shuttles drugs between Massachusetts and Maine, where they operate a “lucrative drug trade.” Drugs brought to Maine are typically mixed with cutting agents at so-called trap houses, then distributed out to drug dealers on a consignment basis…