11 Spine-chilling facts about the Colombian Cartel – This will stun you (With Photos)

3. The Cali Cartel

Via hdnux.com

No, that’s not a Californian Cartel. It’s the Cali Cartel, and it came to power after the Rodríguez Orejuela brothers, along with Jose Santacruz Londono, broke away from Pablo Escobar and his Medellin Cartel at the end of the 1980s. Originating in southern Colombia in the city of Santiago de Cali, the Cali Cartel took over when the Medellin Cartel lost the War Against Drugs. During the Cali Cartel’s most powerful time, it was in control of over 90% of the world’s cocaine trade. At the end of their reign, the DEA was quoted saying that the Cali Cartel was much like the Russian “KGB” and was, “the most powerful crime syndicate in recent memory.”