LAWRENCE — A Trinitarios thug accused of blasting at cops during a high-speed chase, ripping through homes in violent break-ins, and flooding New England with fentanyl was dragged out of a Lawrence apartment Monday morning after federal agents in long guns and body armor swarmed the block in a raid that made Massachusetts look more like a gangland war zone than a sanctuary state.

The fugitive, 24-year-old Luis Jose Nivar Cabral, was yanked from his hideout on Roberta Lane as stunned neighbors looked on, watching Homeland Security agents bang down doors and haul the suspected gangster into custody. He now faces federal drug charges tied to a pipeline that critics say turned the Merrimack Valley into a fentanyl superhighway.

And while the feds were cleaning house, Massachusetts leaders were nowhere to be found. Governor Maura Healey’s administration has poured millions into “safe use” sites while gangsters set up shop in cities like Lawrence. And Attorney General Andrea Campbell? She’s too busy burning taxpayer cash on Caribbean junkets and suing Donald Trump to notice Trinitarios running wild in her own back yard.

The images of armored vehicles and agents with rifles storming a Massachusetts street told the story better than any press release: when gangsters turn neighborhoods into crime scenes, it’s Washington that shows up with muscle while Beacon Hill Democrats vanish. Cabral may face decades behind bars, but families across the Merrimack Valley are left asking how many more gangsters are out there — and who in Massachusetts is really protecting them.