Exclusive: BET Media Group is developing the unscripted series The Twins from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television and Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group.
The series centers around the Flores brothers, Margarito and Pedro, identical twins who became multi-millionaire, cocaine kingpins by the age of 18 and who would eventually assist in the capture and take-down of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
The Twins will serve as a companion to the award-winning podcast Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord, which was produced by Lionsgate Sound and G-Unit Audio, and recently released a second season.
Following their arrest, Margarito and Pedro Flores turned their backs on their lucrative drug operation and cooperated with the DEA in exchange for more lenient sentences. Both served 14 years in prison before being released in 2022 to the witness protection program. Margarito Flores continues to walk on the right side of the law.
The series centers around the Flores brothers, Margarito and Pedro, identical twins who became multi-millionaire, cocaine kingpins by the age of 18 and who would eventually assist in the capture and take-down of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
The Twins will serve as a companion to the award-winning podcast Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord, which was produced by Lionsgate Sound and G-Unit Audio, and recently released a second season.
Following their arrest, Margarito and Pedro Flores turned their backs on their lucrative drug operation and cooperated with the DEA in exchange for more lenient sentences. Both served 14 years in prison before being released in 2022 to the witness protection program. Margarito Flores continues to walk on the right side of the law.
- 12/14/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Noted podcaster 50 Cent and investigative journalist Charlie Webster are back with the second season of their hit show, Surviving El Chapo, which tells the story of two brothers who helped bring down the notorious drug lord.
The show, which premiered last year, is centered around the first-ever interviews with Chicago-born identical twins Pedro (a.k.a. Peter) and Margarito (a.k.a. Jay) Flores, two prominent drug smugglers who managed to work their way into Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s inner circle. Ultimately, however, the Flores brothers found themselves stuck...
The show, which premiered last year, is centered around the first-ever interviews with Chicago-born identical twins Pedro (a.k.a. Peter) and Margarito (a.k.a. Jay) Flores, two prominent drug smugglers who managed to work their way into Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s inner circle. Ultimately, however, the Flores brothers found themselves stuck...
- 9/19/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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