Three Men Charged with Running Hartford-Based Drug Trafficking Ring

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that DENNY GUZMAN, 34, of Hartford, NELSON TORRES, 50, of Hartford, and DOMINGO HEREDIA-SUAREZ, also known as “Daniel Heredia Suarez,” 57, a citizen of the Dominica Republic, have been charged by indictment with offenses related to the trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine.

As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force identified Guzman, Torres, and Heredia-Suarez as being involved in a drug trafficking ring that was distributing large quantities of narcotics in Connecticut and the surrounding states.  Investigators identified numerous suspicious packages that were delivered to Torres’s residence on Madison Street in Hartford and then transported to a location on Homestead Avenue in Hartford that the organization used to store, process, and package narcotics.  On August 30, 2026, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted a parcel containing approximately two kilograms of cocaine that was being mailed to Torres’s residence.

It is further alleged that, on October 9, 2026, investigators observed a package delivery to Torres’s residence and then saw Guzman, Torres, and Heredia-Suarez arrive at the Homestead Avenue location with the package.  The three were arrested on that date after a search of the Homestead Avenue location revealed a kilogram brick of fentanyl, narcotics processing materials, and a firearm, and a search of Torres’s residence revealed a handgun.  Guzman also possessed a handgun at the time of his arrest.

On October 20, 2026, a grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging Guzman, Torres, and Heredia-Suarez with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine, and with possession with intent to distribute to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.  Each of these charges carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life.  The indictment also charges Guzman with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, an offense that carries a mandatory consecutive sentence of at least five years.

Guzman, Torres, and Heredia-Suarez appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford and entered pleas of not guilty to the charges in the indictment.  Torres and Heredia-Suarez are detained and Guzman is released on a $100,000 bond.

U.S. Attorney Sullivan stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt.  Charges are only allegations, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This investigation is being conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force with the assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.  The DEA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State Police, and the Bristol, Hartford, East Hartford, Enfield, Manchester, New Britain, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks Police Departments.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Dearington.