Drug trafficking embraces suburban lifestyle

Drug distribution rings operate behind suburban disguise

By Steve Schmadeke and Oscar Avila – Tribune reporters

“Federal authorities say the suburbs now rival Chicago when comparing the amount of drugs imported to the area by Mexican cartels. The most significant drug conspiracy in Chicago history, detailed last month and traced back to Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins, operated out of stash houses dotted all over bucolic suburban neighborhoods”

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