CONCORD, N.H. — A man prosecutors described as a leader of a Methuen, Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for distributing drugs in New Hampshire, the U.S. attorney's office for New Hampshire said Friday.

Jose Luis Guerrero Nunez, 47, was sentenced in federal court in Concord by Chief U.S. District Judge Samantha Elliott, who also ordered three years of supervised release after his prison term. He had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.

According to prosecutors, the organization distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl in the New Hampshire Seacoast area. In late 2023 and early 2024, Guerrero Nunez organized 10 sales of fentanyl and methamphetamine to undercover officers, and officers recorded him making plans for larger drug deals in the future, the office said.

Four of his co-conspirators, Juan Carlos De Los Santos Romero, Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, Eddy Mendez Carmona and Luis Guerrero Cabral, have already been prosecuted and sentenced in the case, prosecutors said.

The Drug Enforcement Administration led the investigation, with help from police in Seabrook, Hampton, Portsmouth and Methuen and the New Hampshire State Police.

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