In the late 90's the Flores Brothers flooded the streets of Chicago with cocaine and heroin directly from Mexico and eventually became the one of the biggest wholesale drug suppliers in the country. Twin Mexican American brothers Pedro and Margarito jr. Grew up in Pilsner West Chicago among the largest Mexican American population in the country. Growing up amidst the street life of Chicago, they became familiar with different elements and characters of the streets and even joined the gang The Latin Kings. With their father being a veteran drug smuggler for Mexican cartels, they had the perfect set up for a career selling drugs. In the late 90's the Flores Brothers took a shot at the drug business, knowing all the hustlers and gangsters they had a network of customers so they became successful fast. In 2000 they began to expand their operations to other places in the Midwest, the east coast, and even canada, but mainly Milwaukee. It was there that one of them was kidnapped and returned for a ransom of 150 kilos of coke, an event that changed there life for ever.
The kidnapping led to a federal indictment of their Milwaukee operation which was already on the DEA radar. The twins caught wind of the indictment and ran to Mexico. In Mexico on the run and in debt for the 150 bricks they had to pay, the Twins got an opportunity to work for the Sinola Cartel and the Beltran-Leyva Brothers alliance which was the biggest drug trafficking operation in the world at the time, a deal that was said to be brokered by their father Margarito Sr. The Sinola Cartel, ran by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, looked over their books proving how much product they were moving, then gave the Twins direct access to cocaine a heroin in Mexico. With The Sinola Cartel and Beltran Brothers experiencing a shortage of smugglers and dealers, the Twins became a huge asset to the operation and somewhat of a pillar to the alliance of both of the organizations. In a position that proved to be a gift and a curse, The Flores Twins became the biggest distribution operation in North America grossing a yearly income of 700 million for themselves and smuggling billions in cash back to Mexico for El Chapo and the Beltran-Leyva Brothers. They made the alliance so much money that tension grew concerning how the money was getting divided. In 2008 the curse started when Alfredo Beltran-Leyva was arrested in Mexico and his brother Arturo, accused "El Chapo" and the Sinola Cartel of tipping off the authorities. The Beltran-Leyva organization waged war with the Sinola Cartel attacking the city of Culiacàn in Sinola, where they murdered 387 people in the summer of 2008. This left the Flores Twins caught smack dab in the middle as both organizations seperately threatened them to continue smuggling for their side. To make an impossible situation worse, The Twins' s operation itself was infiltrated by the DEA and U. S law enforcement had them by the balls. Pedro and Margarito jr decided to cooperate and help to bring down their supplier "El Chapo" and the Sinola Cartel. The Twins were allowed to continue doing business in order to catch the big fish that the feds wanted.
The Flores brothers were officially U.S law enforcement informants giving valuable information about the cartels and setting up their own customers in the U. S. They would make out of this world deals like "bring enough money for 10 keys and we'll throw you 40 keys". When the customers came to do the deal, the Feds were waiting and locked them up. In November The Feds recorded Pedro making a deal with El Chapo himself, negotiating a cheaper price for 40 keys of heroin. When El Chapo's men went to the Chicago parking lot, an Undercover agent gave him the million dollar payment. At the time El Chapo was the most wanted man in the world after escaping from a Mexican prison.
Their final act of undercover work was video taping a major cartel drug shipment made by top Sinola Cartel executive Vincentè Zambada-Niebla into Chicago. If this doesn't sound enough like a movie
already, when U. S law enforcement arrested Vincentè in Mexico, he claimed to have immunity because he himself was an informant for the Dea to help bring down "El Chapo". After dismissing his claims, the Federal court in Chicago sentenced him to a sweet ten years in prison. The federal prosecutors also offered a light ten year sentence for the Flores Twins but when the judges discovered that the Twins did business deals behind the DEA back making hundreds of millions of dollars. In January 2015 they gave the 34 year old Twins 14 years in federal prison after they helped to bring down "El Chapo" and 50 others, which was still an extra generous deal for the largest smugglers to be convicted in U. S federal court ever. Especially since the Us justice department sentenced well over ten thousand Aqmerican people to far more time for splinters of crimes compared to the twins including the guys that they were supplying were given double that, some even got life. The judges implied that it wasn't that sweet of a deal because the Cartel would possibly kill them and there families, and that their lives when they get out would be a prison of fear. That proved to be true in 2009 when the Twins father Margarito Sr was kidnapped and murdered in Mexico and a note was left stating that the 2 brothers are next.
When released from prison around 2026, The Flores Brothers will be placed In witness protection, given new identities and 300 thousand dollars for living expenses. It is rumored that they have much more money than that hidden and waiting for them.
The kidnapping led to a federal indictment of their Milwaukee operation which was already on the DEA radar. The twins caught wind of the indictment and ran to Mexico. In Mexico on the run and in debt for the 150 bricks they had to pay, the Twins got an opportunity to work for the Sinola Cartel and the Beltran-Leyva Brothers alliance which was the biggest drug trafficking operation in the world at the time, a deal that was said to be brokered by their father Margarito Sr. The Sinola Cartel, ran by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, looked over their books proving how much product they were moving, then gave the Twins direct access to cocaine a heroin in Mexico. With The Sinola Cartel and Beltran Brothers experiencing a shortage of smugglers and dealers, the Twins became a huge asset to the operation and somewhat of a pillar to the alliance of both of the organizations. In a position that proved to be a gift and a curse, The Flores Twins became the biggest distribution operation in North America grossing a yearly income of 700 million for themselves and smuggling billions in cash back to Mexico for El Chapo and the Beltran-Leyva Brothers. They made the alliance so much money that tension grew concerning how the money was getting divided. In 2008 the curse started when Alfredo Beltran-Leyva was arrested in Mexico and his brother Arturo, accused "El Chapo" and the Sinola Cartel of tipping off the authorities. The Beltran-Leyva organization waged war with the Sinola Cartel attacking the city of Culiacàn in Sinola, where they murdered 387 people in the summer of 2008. This left the Flores Twins caught smack dab in the middle as both organizations seperately threatened them to continue smuggling for their side. To make an impossible situation worse, The Twins' s operation itself was infiltrated by the DEA and U. S law enforcement had them by the balls. Pedro and Margarito jr decided to cooperate and help to bring down their supplier "El Chapo" and the Sinola Cartel. The Twins were allowed to continue doing business in order to catch the big fish that the feds wanted.
The Flores brothers were officially U.S law enforcement informants giving valuable information about the cartels and setting up their own customers in the U. S. They would make out of this world deals like "bring enough money for 10 keys and we'll throw you 40 keys". When the customers came to do the deal, the Feds were waiting and locked them up. In November The Feds recorded Pedro making a deal with El Chapo himself, negotiating a cheaper price for 40 keys of heroin. When El Chapo's men went to the Chicago parking lot, an Undercover agent gave him the million dollar payment. At the time El Chapo was the most wanted man in the world after escaping from a Mexican prison.
Their final act of undercover work was video taping a major cartel drug shipment made by top Sinola Cartel executive Vincentè Zambada-Niebla into Chicago. If this doesn't sound enough like a movie
already, when U. S law enforcement arrested Vincentè in Mexico, he claimed to have immunity because he himself was an informant for the Dea to help bring down "El Chapo". After dismissing his claims, the Federal court in Chicago sentenced him to a sweet ten years in prison. The federal prosecutors also offered a light ten year sentence for the Flores Twins but when the judges discovered that the Twins did business deals behind the DEA back making hundreds of millions of dollars. In January 2015 they gave the 34 year old Twins 14 years in federal prison after they helped to bring down "El Chapo" and 50 others, which was still an extra generous deal for the largest smugglers to be convicted in U. S federal court ever. Especially since the Us justice department sentenced well over ten thousand Aqmerican people to far more time for splinters of crimes compared to the twins including the guys that they were supplying were given double that, some even got life. The judges implied that it wasn't that sweet of a deal because the Cartel would possibly kill them and there families, and that their lives when they get out would be a prison of fear. That proved to be true in 2009 when the Twins father Margarito Sr was kidnapped and murdered in Mexico and a note was left stating that the 2 brothers are next.
When released from prison around 2026, The Flores Brothers will be placed In witness protection, given new identities and 300 thousand dollars for living expenses. It is rumored that they have much more money than that hidden and waiting for them.
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