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At the height of the Cali Cartel's reign, they were cited as having control over 80% of the world's cocaine market and for being directly responsible for the growth of the cocaine market in Europe. [6] By the mid-1990s, the trafficking empire of the Cali Cartel was a multibillion-dollar enterprise. [8] [23]
Jorge Salcedo was born on November 25, 1947, in Bogotá, Colombia. [1] His father was a member of the Colombian military. [2] Salcedo lived in Kansas for two years while his father attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College, after which the family moved back to Colombia.
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 ...
Herrera was soon promoted to Cali Cartel kingpin and given control over Jamundí in the south of the Valle, and Palmira and Yumbo in the north and east of the Valle. [ 5 ] The Herrera operation, according to the DEA, involved importing cocaine base from Peru and Bolivia , which was then trafficked via his own transportation to conversion ...
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 ...
Being at war against the Norte del Valle Cartel, the leaders of this organization contacted the corrupt Colonel Danilo González for the eventual capture of him.They allied themselves with the paramilitary chief Carlos Castaño Gil and after the news that Santacruz was allying with the FARC to rebuild the Cali Cartel and form urban militias, Castaño and González set a trap for him and killed ...
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Drug Lords is a 2018 American docu-series exploring real-life drug-dealing cartels and kingpins such as Pablo Escobar, El Chapo, the Cali Cartel, Frank Lucas and the Pettingill family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]