Imprisoned Chicago Flores Brothers replaced by Mexican cartel
Twin brothers, Pedro and Margarito Flores, who gained notoriety for being Chicagos most prolific drug dealers have quickly been replaced by the Mexican cartel they used to work for. The Flores brothers were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, receiving a 14-year sentence for smuggling 71 tons of cocaine and heroin for Mexican drug cartels. The Flores brothers werent just drug dealers but informants as well. SEE ALSO: At least four dead in Mexico childrens hospital explosion Since 2008, they worked undercover for the federal government. Because of this, high security measures were taken during their court date including a bomb-sniffing dog, metal detectors and an absence of the defense attorneys names in the record. The government believes Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, and Mayo Zambada Garcia are in charge of the cartel, but the former is in jail and the latter is on the run. Two of Chapos sons have been identified as cartel underbosses. Underneath them are the replacements for the Flores brothers federal authorities have been able to identify: Victor Manuel Felix Beltran aka Lic Vicc and Alfonso Limon Sanchez aka Chubas. Beltran was mentioned in a federal indictment unsealed at the courthouse on Tuesday. Authorities say he is a cocaine logistics expert and a suspected cartel money launderer. Sanchez is facing federal drug charges in southern California where federal agents say he was the region’s primary cocaine supplier. Federal agents also report both men are in Mexico and considered fugitives. SEE ALSO: Cartel hit man arrested in connection with disappearance of 43 students from Mexico The U.S Treasury Department has designated both men as drug kingpins. This means the government has frozen their assets, making it a crime for any American to engage in financial transactions with either individual. More than 1,700 businesses and individuals have faced similar consequences when targeted for international drug trafficking under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act. El Chapo remains in Mexico and has been battling against extradition to Chicago and other cities where he faces federal charges. He has won two court injunctions in Mexico and Mexico’s attorney general says El Chapo has to finish doing time in Mexico before being sent to the U.S.The post Imprisoned Chicago Flores Brothers replaced by Mexican cartel appeared first on Voxxi.
Twin brothers, Pedro and Margarito Flores, who gained notoriety for being Chicagos most prolific drug dealers have quickly been replaced by the Mexican cartel they used to work for.
The Flores brothers were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, receiving a 14-year sentence for smuggling 71 tons of cocaine and heroin for Mexican drug cartels. The Flores brothers werent just drug dealers but informants as well.
SEE ALSO: At least four dead in Mexico childrens hospital explosion
Since 2008, they worked undercover for the federal government. Because of this, high security measures were taken during their court date including a bomb-sniffing dog, metal detectors and an absence of the defense attorneys names in the record.
The government believes Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, and Mayo Zambada Garcia are in charge of the cartel, but the former is in jail and the latter is on the run. Two of Chapos sons have been identified as cartel underbosses.
Underneath them are the replacements for the Flores brothers federal authorities have been able to identify: Victor Manuel Felix Beltran aka Lic Vicc and Alfonso Limon Sanchez aka Chubas.
Beltran was mentioned in a federal indictment unsealed at the courthouse on Tuesday. Authorities say he is a cocaine logistics expert and a suspected cartel money launderer.
Sanchez is facing federal drug charges in southern California where federal agents say he was the region’s primary cocaine supplier. Federal agents also report both men are in Mexico and considered fugitives.
SEE ALSO: Cartel hit man arrested in connection with disappearance of 43 students from Mexico
The U.S Treasury Department has designated both men as drug kingpins. This means the government has frozen their assets, making it a crime for any American to engage in financial transactions with either individual. More than 1,700 businesses and individuals have faced similar consequences when targeted for international drug trafficking under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act.
El Chapo remains in Mexico and has been battling against extradition to Chicago and other cities where he faces federal charges. He has won two court injunctions in Mexico and Mexico’s attorney general says El Chapo has to finish doing time in Mexico before being sent to the U.S.
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