BOSTON, Mass. — A 24-year-old Boston man has admitted in federal court that he sold guns to an undercover federal agent three times over four months, including one deal arranged through associates in Roxbury, federal prosecutors said.
Jairo Valdivieso entered guilty pleas this week to a count of firearms trafficking and a count of dealing in firearms without a license, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton set his sentencing for Jan. 12.
Prosecutors laid out three sales. On Dec. 30, 2025, two associates acting for Valdivieso handed a gun to the undercover agent in Boston. The same pair arranged a second sale in Roxbury on Feb. 6. On March 29, Valdivieso handled the transaction himself, again selling a firearm to the agent in Boston.
The trafficking count alone could bring as much as 15 years behind bars, along with three years of supervised release and up to $250,000 in fines. Dealing without a license carries a maximum of five years in prison plus the same supervised release term and fine. A federal judge will decide the actual sentence after weighing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announced the plea together with Thomas Greco, the special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Boston police and the Massachusetts State Police assisted. Allegra K. Flamm, a federal prosecutor in the office’s Major Crimes Unit, is handling the case in court.
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