Person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drug trade
"Drug king" redirects here. For the film, see The Drug King.
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A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss, who is in charge of a drug-trafficking network, organization, or enterprise.
Such lords are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly in possession of something illegal but are insulated from the actual trade in drugs by several layers of staff. The prosecution of drug lords is therefore usually the result of carefully planned infiltration into their networks, often using informants from within the organizations.
When a group of independent drug lords collude with each other, in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade, they form an organization called a drug cartel. The formations of drug cartels are very common in Latin American countries.
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commanded by General José Hernández Toledo, was a flop with no major druglord captures, and reported abuse and repression in rural zones. During the...
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by singer Gerardo Ortíz "El Señor de los Cielos" (The Lord of the Skies) (refers to Druglord Amado Carrillo) by singer Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel...
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cocaine after a Colombian druglord forces the brothers to accept several kilos of cocaine as payment. Yuri checks Vitaly into a drug rehabilitation clinic...
1952) is a Mexican druglord who co-founded the now-disintegrated Guadalajara Cartel with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers in the...
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[ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian druglord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of...
by his alias El Viceroy, is a Mexican convicted druglord and former leader of the Juárez Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. The cartel is based in...
(born January 26, 1960) is an American author and former druglord best known for the drug empire he established in Los Angeles, California, in the early...