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Roberto Suárez Gómez (January 8, 1932 – July 20, 2000), also known as the King of Cocaine, was a Bolivian drug lord and trafficker who played a major role in the expansion of cocaine trafficking in Bolivia.
Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.
La Corporación ("The Corporation"), also known as the Santa Ana Cartel, was a Bolivian drug cartel and criminal organization, headed in the 1970s and 1980s by notorious drug lord Roberto Suárez Gómez, known as the "King of Cocaine". [1] "La Corporación" was founded in the 1970s by several drug traffickers and transnational criminals.
Ochoa died in 2002 in Colombia. He was the subject of a brief segment in Full Circle with Michael Palin.He was portrayed in the 2006 documentary film Cocaine cowboys, where the former Medellín Cartel associate Jon Roberts said of him: "As many people want to believe that Pablo Escobar was the king of cocaine, they can believe that, but the man that was really the king was Ochoa & not Fabito ...
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (14 May 1947 – 15 December 1989), also known by the nicknames Don Sombrero (English: Mister Hat) and El Mexicano (English: The Mexican), was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa brothers and Pablo Escobar.
"Klaas Bruinsma: Europe’s Hash King" July 10, 2018 ( 2018-07-10 ) Thought by many to be a pushover due to his boyish looks and wealthy upbringing, Klaas Bruinsma proves himself a sadistic and sinister drug lord.
Book cover of The Real Mr. Big: How a Colombian Refugee Became The UK's Most Notorious Cocaine Kingpin, published in 2021. Gangsters of Harlem (2007) [4] Superfly: The True, Untold Story of Frank Lucas, American Gangster (2008) Sergeant Smack (2010) [5] The Trafficantes (2010) Queenpins (2011) Straight from the Hood (2011) Gangsters of Miami (2013)
Rodrigo Gularte was born into a wealthy family in the southern Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná. [2] He was a keen surfer and relatives remember him as a tall, gentle, polite and kind young boy who slipped into depression, and became involved in drugs after his parents divorced when he was 13.