Yoldari Tejeda Coronado
Introduction
Yoldari Tejeda Coronado, known on the street as “Nonoy,” is a 25-year-old member of the Boston Chapter of the Trinitarios who pleaded guilty on October 28, 2026, to racketeering conspiracy in federal court in Boston. His plea admitted membership in one of the largest violent gangs operating in the United States and tied him to a July 2025 home invasion robbery in Lawrence, Massachusetts, as well as a recorded offer to rob a stash house for cartel cocaine. United States Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for January 27, 2027, and the charge he admitted carries up to life in prison.
Background Information
The Trinitarios, per the Justice Department’s account, are a violent criminal enterprise of thousands of members across the country, organized under a Magna Carta and an internal hierarchy, and committed to extensive secrecy around the organization and its members. Coronado was arrested and charged in December 2025 as part of a related federal case that had already swept up the gang’s leadership: in February 2025, racketeering charges were unsealed against 22 leaders and members, and on June 9, 2026, charges were unsealed against 26 more, bringing the total to 56 defendants charged in connection with the enterprise’s alleged murders and shootings.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Pleaded guilty; sentencing pending. Yoldari Tejeda Coronado, a Trinitarios member known as “Nonoy,” admitted a racketeering conspiracy that included a July 2025 Lawrence home invasion robbery and a recorded plan to rob a drug stash house for kilograms of cartel cocaine.
At his plea hearing, Coronado admitted he belonged to the Boston Chapter of the Trinitarios and had been a member since at least 2023 — a fact the government corroborated through cooperating witnesses, social media images, and his tattoos. The conduct he admitted centers on a home invasion in Lawrence in July 2025, which he acknowledged conspiring to commit. During the invasion, two gunmen forced an individual into their residence and robbed the home. Further investigation identified a vehicle associated with Coronado’s girlfriend as one used by the robbers, placing him within the crew that carried it out.
Coronado’s most consequential recorded moment involved undercover federal agents. He was captured on recording offering to conduct a robbery of a drug stash house while discussing the plan with agents who were posing as couriers responsible for transporting a large quantity of cocaine for a Mexican drug cartel. On that recording, Coronado laid out details of the planned robbery, named the other individuals who would take part, and agreed to accept multiple kilograms of cocaine as his payment. The offer showed an already-functioning criminal enterprise seeking new work, not a one-off offense.
The gang’s own hierarchy surfaced around him as well. In a separate recorded conversation, Enmanuel Paula-Cabral, the Trinitarios State Supreme known as “Nelfew,” described Coronado as having robbed a drug dealer. Paula-Cabral recounted being contacted by that dealer and said he used his authority as a gang leader to order Coronado — a subordinate — to return the stolen drugs. The exchange captures the internal discipline the Trinitarios maintain, and it placed Coronado inside that chain of command as a robber working under chapter leadership.
The enterprise Coronado admitted joining is implicated in extraordinary violence. The federal investigation began after four murders and a series of attempted murders and shootings in Lynn in 2023, allegedly committed by the Trinitarios and their members, and prosecutors now allege the gang participated in five additional murders in Essex County since 2017 — eleven federally charged murders in total across the 56-defendant case. Coronado’s plea admits the conspiracy, not those killings, but the sentencing range he faces flows from the enterprise’s full recorded scope.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The announcement came from a broad enforcement coalition: United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; Jeff Grimming, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New England; Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division; Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker; Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble; and Lynn Police Chief Christopher P. Reddy, with assistance from the Manchester, New Hampshire, police. The case runs under the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, which targets criminal cartels and transnational gangs. For Coronado, the plea converts gang membership and the Lawrence robbery from allegations into admitted facts, with sentencing to follow in January.
Current Status
Coronado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity — the RICO conspiracy count — on October 28, 2026, before Judge Gorton, who set sentencing for January 27, 2027. The count carries up to life in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000, with the actual term to be determined under the Sentencing Guidelines. Within the 56-defendant case family, dozens of his co-defendants have already pleaded guilty and several have been sentenced to terms reaching 168 months, a pattern that frames what January’s hearing is likely to produce for a gang member whose own recorded words placed him inside the enterprise’s robbery work.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Coronado’s life at 25 now divides at the plea he entered. The gang identity he maintained since at least 2023 — the tattoos, the social media presence, the standing under chapter leadership — is the same evidence the federal case used to convict him, and the January sentence will replace that identity with a federal inmate number for a term that could run from years to life. His recorded offer to rob a stash house for cartel cocaine, his role in the Lawrence home invasion, and his position as a subordinate ordered to return stolen drugs together form the admitted record that will follow him through prison and supervised release afterward.
Sources
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, “Trinitarios Gang Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving Home Invasion,” November 5, 2026. source