Pedro and Margarito Flores were just 16 years old when their older brother was arrested for selling narcotics out of a Cicero auto dealership. The absence of his younger brothers created a void, as he was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Within a few years, the twins had risen to the highest levels of Chicago's drug-trafficking underworld, where their position as major distributors for Mexico's notorious Sinaloa cartel made them fabulously rich and provided a direct route to the boss himself. The biggest drug case ever brought in Chicago was the result of the twins' decision to cooperate with federal authorities in 2008, which led to charges against El Chapo as well as many of his top underbosses. As the twins remain in a federal witness protection program, their older brother's story has once again become entwined with their own. After agreeing to cooperate with authorities, the Flores brothers buried the cash under his back porch in Texas. According to his 21-page guilty plea entered before the U.S. District Judge, Armando Flores was involved in a scheme to distribute money to the wives of the twins without the knowledge of federal investigators. In 2009, Individual C picked up drug proceeds from one of his brothers and left them in a car in a Chicago garage, where they were retrieved by Flores and the twins. Gaytan went to Round Rock, Texas, to pick up an estimated $2.3 million hidden in a U-Haul truck, according to the plea. Drug proceeds were mailed in small amounts through the U.S. mail and then exchanged for clean $100 bills at a gas station currency exchange near his home, according to the plea. He laundered the money by buying trips for the wives through a travel agency in Texas. In his plea, Flores admitted that he participated in the conspiracy in exchange for a cut of the money he delivered. If he continues to cooperate, federal prosecutors intend to ask the judge for a significant break, even though he faces up to 20 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Lopez and Gaytan have denied the charges. They are free on bond in secret locations after their arrest last year. Both women are not allowed to file anything in the public record that could reveal their location, according to prosecutors. Laura Lopez, 59, of Chicago, and Bianca Finnigan, 32, of Sycamore, Illinois, were also charged. They have pleaded not guilty before. The drug case in Chicago has been one of the most stunning in the history of the city. In December of last year, a Tribune reporter was in the courtroom when Pedro Flores testified in the landmark trial against the drug lord, where prosecutors played phone calls recorded by the twins that were crucial to the federal effort against the drug lord. On one call, jurors heard a voice saying "Amigo!" and discussing a price break on a shipment of heroin destined for Chicago. He was sentenced to life in prison. The twins were sentenced to 14 years in prison and were released in 2020. According to the new charges, the wives spent more than $165,000 in drug money on private school tuition for their children, $100,000 on international and domestic travel, and $80,000 on rent for one of their husband's kids. The indictment said that one of the wives spent $31,000 of laundered drug money on her laundry business. In the amount of $504,858, the indictment seeks forfeiture from Lopez and Gaytan. 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