Feds urge leniency for 'most significant drug traffickers in Chicago's history'

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The Flores brothers rose from street-level Chicago drug dealers to the top of the cartel world, making millions along the way by literally supplying tons of narcotics to cities across the U.S.

That’s according to federal prosecutors, who on Wednesday sought leniency for Pedro and Margarito Flores, who will be sentenced later this month. The feds requested prison terms of 10 to 16 years for the twins — at the low end of sentencing guidelines.

The reason, the feds say, is the brothers’ “unparalleled” cooperation, which led to the downfall of 54 drug traffickers and helped the U.S. build its case against Sinaloa cartel jefe, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

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