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The Cali Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de Cali) was a drug cartel based in southern Colombia, around the city of Cali and the Valle del Cauca.Its founders were the brothers Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela and José Santacruz Londoño.
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela (1939–2022) was formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. Along with his brother Miguel, he ran the Cali drug cartel in the mid-1990s. [34] On 9 June 1995, he was arrested by the Colombian National Police (CNP) during a house raid in the city.
In the 1980s, they branched out into cocaine trafficking. At some point, the cartel supplied 80% of the United States' cocaine supply. [citation needed] The Cali Cartel was less violent than its rival, the Medellín Cartel. While the Medellín Cartel was involved in a brutal campaign of violence against the Colombian government, the Cali Cartel ...
In his new book 'The Last Kilo," T.J. English lays out how a group of Cuban immigrants called Los Muchachos brought the 1980's cocaine craze to the U.S. ... Pablo Escobar and the Cali Cartel in ...
The Cali Cartel was less violent than its rival, the Medellín Cartel. [1] While the Medellín Cartel was involved in a brutal campaign of violence against the Colombian government, the Cali Cartel grew. [citation needed] After the demise of Pablo Escobar, the Colombian authorities turned their attention to the Cali Cartel. The police campaign ...
The Norte del Valle Cartel, or North Valley Cartel, was a drug cartel which operated principally in the north of the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia. It rose to prominence during the second half of the 1990s, after the Cali Cartel and the Medellín Cartel fragmented, and was known as one of the most powerful organizations in the illegal ...
The Rodríguez brothers and "Jose" formed the Cali cartel in the 1970s. They were primarily involved in marijuana trafficking. In the 1980s, they branched out into cocaine trafficking. For a time, the Cali Cartel supplied 80% of the United States and 90% of the Europe cocaine market. The Cali Cartel was less violent than its rival, the ...
Fabio Ochoa Vasquez completed his prison sentence in the US and returned home a free man.