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Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr. le dijo al Sun-Times que él y su hermano Pedro Flores —quien ayudó a derribar al rey de la cocaína del Cártel de Sinaloa, “El Chapo”— apoyan la petición de Saúl Rodríguez para ser liberado anticipadamente de prisión a pesar de que Rodríguez secuestró a su hermano en 2003.
Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr. tells the Sun-Times he and his brother Pedro Flores — who helped bring down Sinaloa cartel cocaine king “El Chapo” — back Saul Rodriguez’s bid to be released early from prison even though Rodriguez abducted his brother in 2003.
Chester Weger, 86, died Sunday in Missouri. He was freed from prison for good conduct in 2020 after spending more than 60 years behind bars for killing of one of three women found beaten to death in Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County.
The Sin City Deciples began as a Black club before integrating with whites and Hispanics. It had thousands of members — including a Gary, Ind., police chaplain, prosecutors say. Indictments have aimed to cripple its leadership, which prosecutors say includes Chicago-area members.
The police officer told the FBI he left guns at the Chicago home of Jawad Fakroune, and they were later seized during a raid of Fakroune’s home in New York, according to court records. Fakroune is charged with extorting the owner of a Lincoln Park restaurant.
Chester Weger, 86, was paroled in 2020 for good behavior in prison but his conviction wasn’t overturned at the time. He had spent more than 60 years in prison. After his release, his attorneys sought to overturn his conviction, saying attackers affiliated with the Chicago Outfit were likely the real killers.
Two people were charged in the investigation in the south suburbs, and authorities recovered more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and 25 guns, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
During the COVID-19 lockdown, a band of masked robbers terrorized the city. It turned out they were just kids. Now, cops say they’ve graduated to smash-and-grab burglaries of stores. Here’s how that’s happened.
Hasta ahora en Chicago, el programa se ha concentrado en áreas de alta criminalidad en los lados oeste y sur.
The U.S. Justice Department program started in 2001 to try to secure stiffer prison sentences for gun offenders. Up to now in Chicago, it was concentrated in high-crime areas on the West and South Sides.