FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 | History Defined

Boy, 15, found shot to death in Little Village

Officers found him about 1:40 a.m. in the 3000 block of West 23rd Street, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 6, 2022

From flipping Big Macs to importing tons of cocaine: Chicago twins who helped bring down El Chapo say McDonald’s was their business model

In a new podcast, Margarito Flores and Pedro Flores say they got jobs at a Little Village McDonald’s when they were teenagers and honed management skills they used in their drug business.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Man charged with attacking letter carrier in Little Village turned in by relatives, prosecutors say

Cesar Ramirez, 44, who faces felony charges, including attempted sexual assault, was recognized from surveillance footage released by police and news coverage, prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2022

Man fatally shot while sitting in backseat of vehicle in Little Village

The 33-year-old was sitting in the backseat of a vehicle about 9:20 p.m. in the 2500 block of South Karlov Avenue when three males approached and fired more than 20 rounds into the vehicle.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 23, 2022

15-year-old boy among 3 people killed by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday, 6-year-old boy among 10 other people wounded

Benjamin Ortega, 15, was fatally shot in the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue in Little Village, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 18, 2022

Man fatally shot in Little Village neighborhood

The 41-year-old was shot Saturday in the 2600 block of South Tripp Avenue, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 6, 2022

Seven months before smokestack’s botched implosion smothered Little Village in dust, Chicago city inspector issued dire warning

Of the steps that John Kryl urged his City Hall bosses be taken, “Not a single one of these things was done,” a community activist says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 5, 2022

Boy, 16, shot on sidewalk in Little Village

The teen was struck in the hip and transported to a hospital in good condition.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 4, 2022

Pedro Flores, star witness against El Chapo, tells judge feds gave his wife immunity against prosecution

The onetime Chicago cocaine kingpin’s wife Vivianna Lopez and his brother’s wife Valerie Gaytan are fighting money-laundering charges. Flores says immunity for them was part of the deal he and his twin brother Margarito Flores, who both grew up in Little Village, were given.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 25, 2022

You might have seen this Little Village mural in a ‘Chicago P.D.’ shootout scene

The painting was done by eight artists at Cermak Road and Fairfield Avenue and includes a number of giant oddball creatures.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2022