Cartel Wives: A True Story of Deadly Decisions, Steadfast Love, and Bringing Down El Chapo

by Mia Flores, Olivia Flores

Overview

An astonishing, revelatory, and redemptive memoir from two women who escaped the international drug trade, with never-before-revealed details about El Chapo, the Sinaloa Cartel, and the dangerous world of illicit drugs.

Olivia and Mia Flores are married to the highest level drug traffickers ever to become US informants. Their husbands worked with--and then brought down--El Chapo, as well as dozens of high-level members of the Mexican cartels. They had everything money could buy: luxury cars, huge houses, and expensive jewelry--but they chose to give it all up when they cooperated with the US government. They knew that life was about more than wealth; it was about love, family, and doing what's right. Cartel Wives is a love story, a "Married to the Mob" story, an insider's look into the terrifying but high-flying empire of the new world of drugs, and, finally, the story of a major DEA and FBI operation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538745267
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2017
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	257,276
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Mia Flores and Olivia Flores now live under assumed names. To their neighbors, they are just single mothers, soccer moms, and members of the PTA. But their personal stories could inspire the most terrifying and dramatic crime films and narco telenovelas being produced today.

Table of Contents

Cast of Major Characters ix

Introduction xv

Part 1 The American Dream

1 Olivia 3

2 Mia 16

3 Junior 24

4 Peter 37

5 The Heat Is On 44

Part 2 Middle men

6 San Juan 63

7 Guadalajara 80

8 The Ultimate Betrayal 87

9 El Chapo 97

10 Rescuing Peter 108

Part 3 In Too Deep

11 Sinaloa 121

12 For Better or for Worse 129

13 Margarito Senior 139

14 The Peak of Their Careers 152

15 "This Is Going a Little Too Far" 165

16 The Strip Club Incident 174

17 Do-or-Die Time 192

Part 4 Informants

18 No Promises 205

19 The Feds 211

20 Recordings, Raids, and Seizures 217

21 The Countdown to the End 224

22 Surrendering 232

23 Crossing the Border 242

Part 5 Purgatory

24 Chicago 257

25 Alabama 267

26 Wives at War 281

27 Forfeiture 291

28 Arrests 298

29 Grand Jury and Plea Agreements 307

30 Sentencing 315

31 Bringing Down El Chapo 325

Afterword 335

Acknowledgments 341

Sources 347