Jorge Velásquez, commonly known by his nickname Navegante was one of the sicarios of the Cali cartel. In the 1980s, Navegante served as Cali cartel leader Hélmer Herrera’s bodyguard, and accompanied him to Mexico and Panama as his boss oversaw relations between their cartel and Mexican drug traffickers. In 1989, he successfully infiltrated the Medellín…
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela (born August 15, 1943) is a convicted Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. He is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. He married Miss Colombia 1974, Martha Lucía Echeverry. Cali CartelThe Rodríguez brothers and “Jose” formed the Cali…
Francisco Hélmer Herrera Buitrago, also known as “Pacho” and “H7”, (August 24, 1951 – November 6, 1998) was a Colombian drug trafficker, fourth in command in the Cali Cartel , and believed to be the son of Benjamín Herrera Zuleta. Early yearsHerrera grew up in the Colombian city of Palmira, in the Valle del Cauca department. In high school,…
Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar (died 2002), also known as Cuchilla, was a Colombian drug dealer and high-ranking member of the Cali Cartel . Ortiz-Escobar was a cousin of former Medellin Cartel boss , cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar . After the capture of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, the leader of the Norte del Valle cartel on August 7, 2007, Brazilian authorities discovered that…