#colombia
13 entries tagged colombia.
People (7)
- Allen Raul Rudd Colombian trafficker turned government informant who reported Pablo Escobar's claims of a guns-for-drugs deal between the Medellin cartel and the Reagan administration involving Vice President George Bush.
- Aparicio Moreno Colombian cocaine supplier and money launderer connected to both the Blandon and Meneses organizations, the FDN, and a Guatemalan CIA agent.
- Carlos Lehder Colombian drug trafficker who revolutionized cocaine smuggling for the Medellín cartel in the early 1980s.
- George Morales George Morales was a major Colombian drug trafficker who provided aircraft, money, and weapons to Eden Pastora's ARDE Contra faction with the knowledge and approval of CIA operatives, according to sworn congressional testimony.
- Humberto Cardona Colombian cocaine kingpin extradited to the United States in 1985 who continued supplying the South Central Los Angeles crack market through the Meneses-Blandon network while jetting around the world.
- Ramon Milian Rodriguez Ramon Milian Rodriguez was the Medellín cartel's money-laundering expert who created Frigorificos de Puntarenas and testified that the cartel donated $10 million to the Contras.
- Wanda Palacios Miami FBI informant and wife of a Colombian trafficker who witnessed Southern Air Transport planes being loaded with cocaine and unloading guns in Colombia.
Organizations (3)
- Cali Drug Cartel The Cali Drug Cartel was a powerful Colombian drug trafficking organization based in Cali, Colombia, described in a 1994 *Time* magazine article as controlling 80% of the world's cocaine trade.
- Medellin Cartel Colombian drug trafficking organization that dominated the international cocaine trade, driving down U.S. prices and creating conditions for the crack epidemic.
- Toro Bravo Toro Bravo was a child pornography production company based in Bogota, Bogota, headed by Jean Manuel Vuillaume.
Places (3)
- Bogota Bogota was the capital of Colombia and a center of the cocaine trade that supplied the Contra-connected trafficking networks operating in the United States.
- Cali, Colombia Cali, Colombia was the headquarters of the Cali Cartel, a rival to the Medellín Cartel that also played a role in the cocaine trade connected to the Contra supply chain.
- Medellin Medellín, Colombia was the headquarters of the Medellín Cartel, which supplied cocaine to the Contra-connected trafficking networks run by Blandón and Meneses.