Fed’s calendar reveals El Chapo drug deal in Chicago

In court records newly filed in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. prosecutors say they have evidence that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was involved in a 20 kilo heroin deal in northern Illinois on November 13, 2008. That is about 44 pounds.

Government attorneys disclosed that information to El Chapo’s legal team as they prepare for trial. The Illinois deal is one of ten alleged drug transactions that prosecutors apparently intend to use against the notorious Mexican cartel boss when his trial begins, now scheduled for September. They say the various drug deals will prove a “continuing series of violations.”

November 13, 2008 was also key to the fed’s entire offensive against El Chapo.

That date was right in the middle of the time that a pair of brothers from Chicago, top cartel insiders, decided to cooperate with federal investigators and begin secretly working against their boss. Pedro and Margarito Flores, twins from Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, were secretly working against their billionaire boss El Chapo.

Two days after the 20 kilos were delivered, Pedro Flores covertly made a recording that would end up devastating El Chapo and his cartel. During a phone call, he got El Chapo to talk about reducing the price of the recent shipment. According to authorities this was part of the conversation:

El Chapo: “My friend!”

Pedro: “What’s up, how are you?”

El Chapo: “Good, good. Nice talking to you. How’s your brother?”

Pedro: “Everyone is fine. It’s too bad I wasn’t able to see you the other day.”

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