Henry Alvarado has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood while on supervised release. The sentence, delivered by Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick, includes a concurrent 12-month and one-day term for violating his supervised release conditions.
Alvarado, a 34-year-old Honduran national, was initially charged on April 17, 2023, and later indicted by a federal grand jury on May 2, 2023. He pleaded guilty on March 10, 2025, to two counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl. The plea agreement detailed that in March 2023, Alvarado sold both fentanyl and methamphetamine in the Tenderloin area, amounting to sales of 173 grams of methamphetamine and 110 grams of fentanyl. At the time of these offenses, he was already under federal supervision from a previous drug trafficking conviction.
The announcement was made by United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian alongside DEA Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris.
Judge Orrick also imposed a four-year supervised release period following the prison term and fined Alvarado $200. Since April 19, 2023, Alvarado has remained in federal custody.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily R. Dahlke and Michael G. Lagrama with support from Marina Ponomarchuk and Helen Yee. The investigation involved efforts from the DEA and the San Francisco Police Department.
