Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (born April 29, 1960), better known as “El Güero Palma”, is a Mexican former drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and Ismael Zambada García. After the brutal murder of his family on the orders of his boss Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Palma committed a…
Ismael Mario Zambada García (born January 1, 1948) is a Mexican drug lord, co-founder and current top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate based in Sinaloa. Before assuming control of the entire cartel, he is said to have served as a logistics coordinator for the Guzmán-Zambada organization, which oversaw the trafficking of…
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born April 4, 1957), commonly known as “El Chapo” and “JGL”, is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world. Guzmán was born in Sinaloa and grew up in…
The Ochoa Brothers: The Rise and Role in the Medellín Cartel The Ochoa Brothers—Jorge Luis, Juan David, and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez—were prominent members of the infamous Medellín Cartel in Colombia, which rose to power in the 1970s and 1980s under the leadership of Pablo Escobar. While Escobar is often seen as the face of the…
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…
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel . Escobar, also known as ‘the king of cocaine’, was one of the richest criminals in history. By the time of his death, he had amassed an…
Gustavo Gaviria: The Shadow Behind Pablo Escobar Gustavo Gaviria Rivero was one of the key figures within the notorious Medellín Cartel and the nephew of legendary drug lord Pablo Escobar . While Escobar was the face of the cartel and gained worldwide fame, Gaviria is often seen as the “silent one behind the scenes”. He played a crucial role in building…
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (geboren op 7 september 1949) is een Duits-Colombiaanse voormalige drugsbaron die medeoprichter was van het Medellín-kartel. Geboren uit een Duitse vader en een Colombiaanse moeder, was hij de eerste drugshandelaar op hoog niveau die aan de Verenigde Staten werd uitgeleverd, waarna hij in 2020 na 33 jaar uit de gevangenis in…
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (May 14, 1947 – December 15, 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 . At the height of his criminal…
George Jacob Jung (August 6, 1942 – May 5, 2021), nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, was an American drug trafficker and smuggler. He was a major figure in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s. Jung and his partner Carlos Lehder smuggled cocaine into the United States for the Colombian…