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Several of them, notably Pablo Escobar, were long considered among the world's most dangerous and most wanted men by U.S. intelligence. "Ruthless and immensely powerful", several political leaders, such as President Virgilio Barco Vargas , became convinced that the drug lords were becoming so powerful that they could oust the formal government ...
Narcos is an American crime drama television series about the Colombian drug cartels and the DEA's efforts to shut them down. It was created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, and produced by Gaumont International Television and distributed by Netflix. Its companion series Narcos: Mexico was released after the original series ended.
A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss in charge of a drug trafficking network, organization, or enterprise.. Such lords are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly in possession of something illegal but are insulated from the actual trade in drugs by several layers of staff.
Guzmán is believed to be responsible for the deaths of over 34,000 people, [5] and was considered to be the most powerful drug trafficker in the world until he was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison. [6] [7] Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and raised in a poor farming family.
As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list. [9] The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, [10] a.k.a. "El Chango", brought the total to twenty-one captured or killed. [11] [12] On 4 November 2011, Francisco Hernández García was captured.
'I'm Colombian, I'm a woman, I'm an immigrant, I'm a mother. So, there were a lot of similarities — and, of course, many, many big different things,' the actor says of finding her way to ...
Zambada has historically worked closely with the Juárez Cartel and the Carrillo Fuentes family, while maintaining independent ties to Colombian cocaine suppliers. [8]In 1989, when Mexican drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was arrested, his organization split into two opposing factions: the Tijuana Cartel whose leadership was inherited by his nephews and heirs, the Arellano Félix ...
Mexican actor Luis Gerardo Méndez, who plays police officer Victor Tapia in "Narcos: Mexico," talks about his role and drug trafficking's effects in his country.