NARCOS INC  the rise and fall of the cali cartel
PDF · English · 2017
For 20 years, the Cali drug cartel shipped thousands of tons of cocaine across the world, laundered billions of dollars in profits and was responsible for countless murders and assassinations. It ultimately controlled 70 percent of the worlds cocaine market, flooding towns and cities with the addictive white powder dubbed the champagne of drugs.
Through organized violence, terrorism, intimidation and bribery, the cartel became a major threat to Colombias fragile stability. It also brought an unprecedented degree of strategy and planning to the drugs trade. It would take more than two decades and a global effort to bring it down.
In this account of the cartels rise and fall, Ron Chepesiuk provides a compelling insight into the history of international drug trafficking. He draws vivid pictures of the gangs foundersJose the Chess Player Londono and brothers Miguel and Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuelaand reveals how they bui