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…
Hundreds of victim’s families took part in the demonstration which is marked annually on the first day of spring, 21 March. Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Rome on Thursday to remember the hundreds of people killed by the mafia in Italy and to demand justice. The “Day of Remembrance and…
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…
The Medellín Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Medellín) was a powerful and well-organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating from the city of Medellín, Colombia, which was founded and led by Pablo Escobar . It is often considered the first major “drug cartel” and was referred to as such; (a cartel) because the upper echelons and overall…
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…
Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito (“the little teddy bear”), is the brother of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar , and the former accountant and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel , which was responsible for as much as 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. He was the eldest…
Juan David Ochoa Vásquez (April 13, 1946 – July 25, 2013) was a Colombian drug trafficker and one of the founders of the Medellín Cartel , a major drug cartel based in the city of Medellín. Juan David was the older brother of Jorge Luis Ochoa and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez , powerful figures within the Medellín Cartel. In January…
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez (born September 30, 1950) is a Colombian former drug trafficker who was a founding member of the infamous Medellín Cartel in the late 1970s. The main members of the cartel were Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Gustavo Gaviria, Jorge Ochoa and his brothers Juan Ochoa and Fabio Ochoa….