Man Who Shipped Cocaine To RI Through The USPS Pleads Guilty: DOJ

PROVIDENCE, RI — One of three people charged in a conspiracy to ship multiple packages of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Providence through the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty this week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Rhode Island announced.

Rafael Fleury Munoz, 22, admitted that he was driven to at least two locations by other members of the conspiracy and instructed to retrieve packages of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico through USPS.

Two others, May Rosario, 27, and Patri Hiciano Felix, 24, have also been charged.

According to officials, Munoz admitted that on March 26 he attempted to retrieve a priority mail parcel from a U.S. Postal carrier that was sent to a residence in Providence and addressed to another person. Munoz was unsuccessful.

U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents later determined that the parcel contained 1.15 kilograms of cocaine. Two days later, Munoz was driven by a member of the conspiracy to a residence in Johnston where he retrieved a package addressed to him that was shipped from Puerto Rico. This package contained 1.07 grams of cocaine, officials said.

Munoz pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 12, 2023.