Cali Cartel - Wikipedia
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.
Leader of Colombia's former Cali cartel dies in a U.S. prison - NBC News
Jun 1, 2022 · MIAMI — Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in...
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela - Wikipedia
Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Orejuela formed the cartel with his brother, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santacruz Londoño, and Hélmer Herrera.
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela - Wikipedia
On August 6, 1995, Rodriguez Orejuela was arrested when the Colombian National Police broke down the door of his apartment (Hacienda Buenos Aires) in the exclusive Normandia neighborhood in Cali, Colombia as he was about to slip into a secret closet called a caleta.
A daring betrayal helped wipe out Cali cocaine cartel
Feb 25, 2007 · Aiding the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) unexpectedly and at great risk was a senior Cali cartel official, the head of security for the cocaine syndicate.
Leader of now-defunct Colombian drug cartel dies in US jail
Jun 1, 2022 · MIAMI (AP) — Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, an elderly leader of the former Cali cartel that smuggled vast amounts of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, has died in a U.S. prison, his lawyer said Wednesday.
The Cali Cartel: New Kings of Coke - TIME
Jul 1, 1991 · Now that Pablo Escobar is behind bars, the Cali cartel controls the lucrative -- and deadly -- business of putting cocaine on America's streets. Here is how drug sellers do it -- and why it is so...
Cali Cartel Leaders Plead Guilty to Drug and Money Laundering ...
Sep 26, 2006 · The Rodriguez-Orejuela brothers were leaders of the Cali Cartel, a narcotics trafficking organization based in Cali, Colombia that for many years was the largest supplier of cocaine to the United States, responsible for sending …
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord ... - BBC
At the height of his powers, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ran the Cali drugs cartel with his brother Miguel. According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the pair's Cali gang...
The Truth About The Horrific Crimes Of The Cali Cartel - Grunge
Jul 27, 2020 · The Cali Cartel was an offshoot of the Medellin Cartel, and while its founders were known as the Gentlemen of Cali due to their elevated social status, they were just as dangerous.