Norte del Valle Cartel News
Colombia Capo May Be First Ever Extradited to United States, Twice
A former member of Colombia’s Norte del Valle Cartel was the first Colombian to be extradited to face charges in the United States on two different occasions, a cautionary tale regarding the low sentences often handed to capos in the US....
Norte del Valle Cartel Profile
Norte del Valle Cartel
The Norte del Valle Cartel (NDVC) emerged out of the breakup of the infamous Cali Cartel to became the wealthiest and most powerful Colombian drug trafficking organization of its day. However, for much of its lifespan the group was wracked by paranoia, divisions and treachery, and in its later years operated more as a network of competing factions than a...
More Norte del Valle Cartel News
Brief /
‘Cocaine Rice’ Sparks Argentina Probe into Colombia Narcos
Argentina's authorities believe a criminal network from Colombia was behind a major drug export operation, indicative of the prominent role that Colombians continue...
Brief /
Colombia Nabs Argentina-Based Money Launderer
Authorities in Colombia have captured a man they said was the main Argentina-based connection for Colombian organized crime, who is accused of laundering huge...
Brief /
Rastrojos Arrests in Colombia Show Group Still Active
Authorities in Colombia have captured 46 members of a Rastrojos cell and a top leader, indicating that in spite of the blows to the organization in recent years,...
Analysis /
Valle del Cauca: A War too Far for the Urabeños?
The department of Valle del Cauca has become Colombia's bloodiest drug war battleground as the country's most powerful criminal organization, the Urabeños, push to...
Brief /
Uribe Accusations Reminder of Narco Money in Colombia Politics
The emergence of allegations made by an incarcerated drug baron that he funded the political activities of Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe comes as a...
Brief /
Cali Criminal Pact Could Spark New Era for Crime in Colombia
Former sworn enemies from criminal clans based in Colombia's violence capital, Cali, have brokered an alliance from prison, according to security forces, which if...
Brief /
Old Generation Narcos Fuel Colombia’s New Mafia Wars
Violence in Colombia's Pacific region is being driven not only by new generation BACRIM groups but also by drug traffickers from the long gone Cali Cartel, say...
Brief /
Mexico’s ‘Queen of the Pacific’ Receives Light Sentence for Drug Crimes
Infamous Mexican drug trafficker the "Queen of the Pacific" could soon find herself walking free, after receiving a 70-month prison sentence which will be reduced...
Brief /
Urabeños Capture May Shake Up Turf War in Southwest Colombia
Colombian police have captured alias "Martin Bala," a leader of drug trafficking orgaization the Urabeños, whose war with rival organization the Rastrojos in...
