Longtime Hartford Drug Dealer Sentenced To Prison: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford fentanyl dealer will spend the next four and a half years in prison after being sentenced in federal court Tuesday.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said Wednesday that Angel Delgado, 59, of Hartford, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the charges stemmed from an investigation into gang-related drug trafficking and firearm possession by members of Los Solidos.

Avery said the investigation, which included court-authorized wiretaps, revealed Luis Feliciano, also known as “Louminaty,” distributed fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack to customers and other distributors in the Hartford area, including Delgado, and to individuals in New York and Maine.

On March 31, 2022, after intercepted calls indicated Feliciano had recently supplied Delgado with drugs, and an investigator successfully ordered 20 sleeves of fentanyl from Delgado over the phone, Delgado was arrested at a hotel in Hartford where he was living, Avery said.

A search of Delgado revealed about 250 sleeves of fentanyl and 13 capsules of cocaine, and a search of the hotel room revealed another 1,700 sleeves of fentanyl, she said.

Some of the sleeves contained a mixture of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and xylazine, according to Avery.

She said Delgado’s criminal history spans approximately 35 years and includes 26 convictions for drug, assault, failure to appear, violation of a protective order, and other offenses.

Delgado has been detained since his arrest.

On June 8, 2022, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Delgado, Feliciano, and 14 others with various narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.

On Feb. 22, 2023, Delgado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Feliciano has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.

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