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Chicago twin Pedro Flores testifies feds promised wife would get a pass in exchange for his cooperation against ‘El Chapo’

Photographic reproduction of a drawing made by the artist Jane Rosenberg in which Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Fels, left, speaks to witness Pedro Flores, center, in front of the Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, in the Southern District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Dec. 18, 2018.

CHICAGO — Pedro Flores, a Chicago drug trafficker who along with his twin brother helped federal authorities build a case against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, testified Monday that he was promised his wife and other family members would not be prosecuted for any drug-related activities.

Flores’ unusual testimony came in the money laundering case against his wife, Vivianna Lopez, and his sister-in-law, Valerie Gaytan, who are accused of hiding millions of dollars in their

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