South America, Central America, Miami, New York City, Spain
Ethnicity
Colombians
Membership
2,500 - 6,000[3][4]
Leader(s)
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela
José Santacruz Londoño
Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera
Activities
Drug trafficking, bribery, money laundering, racketeering
Allies
Guadalajara Cartel (defunct)
The Extraditables (defunct)
Juarez Cartel
Gulf Cartel
Camorra
Norte del Valle Cartel (later became rivals) (defunct)
Los Pepes (defunct)
Muerte a Secuestradores (defunct)
Rivals
Medellín Cartel (defunct)
Norte del Valle Cartel (defunct)
Cali Cartel
Leadership
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
deceased
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela
captured
José Santacruz Londoño
killed
Hélmer Herrera Buitrago
killed
Associates
Henry Loaiza Ceballos
captured
Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar
killed
Jorge Salcedo Cabrera
informant
Mery Valencia de Ortiz
released
Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayus
deceased
Victor Patiño Fomeque
released
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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. They broke away from Pablo Escobar and his Medellín associates in 1988, when Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera joined what became a four-man executive board that ran the cartel.[5]
At the height of the Cali Cartel's reign from 1993 to 1995, they were cited as having control of over 80% of the world's cocaine market and were said to be directly responsible for the growth of the cocaine market in Europe, controlling 80% of the market there as well.[6] By the mid-1990s, the leaders of the Cali Cartel were a criminal empire operating billions per year. The Cartel was considered by law enforcement to be the most powerful criminal organization in the world.
^"Cali Cartel Leaders Plead Guilty to Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges". United States Department of Justice. 26 September 2006.
^"Thirty Years of America's Drug War: A Chronology". PBS.
^"STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS: Hearings Before The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate One Hundred First Congress: First Session" (PDF). www.ojp.gov. 13 September 1989. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^Rosen, Jonathan (2014). The Losing War: Plan Colombia and Beyond. United States: SUNY Press. p. 15. ISBN 9781438452999. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^Rempel, William (2011). At The Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel. Random House.
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