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- NATION, Page 14The Dirty DozenWanted in America: Columbia's biggest narcobarons
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- Pablo Escobar Gaviria, 39:
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- Leader of the Medellin cartel, which dominates the world
- cocaine trade. Escobar, who has a fortune estimated at more than
- $2 billion, is under indictment in Miami, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
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- Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, 42:
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- The most vicious of the Medellin kingpins, dubbed "El
- Mexicano."
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- Gustavo de Jesus Gaviria Rivero, 42:
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- Escobar's cousin and right-hand man. Under indictment in
- Atlanta.
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- Miguel Angel Rodriguez Orejuela, 46:
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- Brother of Gilberto. Co-owner of the soccer team and a chain
- of drugstores and big businesses in Medellin. Under indictment in
- New Orleans.
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- Jaime Raul Orejuela Caballero, 46:
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- Indicted in New York in 1985 for drug trafficking.
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- Gilberto Jose Rodriguez Orejuela, 45:
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- Head of the Cali cartel. Owned a soccer team in Medellin and
- the First Interamericas Bank in Panama. Under indictment in New
- York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Miami.
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- Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, 40:
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- Chief executive officer of the family cocaine business, he is
- Pablo Escobar's peer in wealth, political influence and legal
- invincibility. Under indictment in Miami and Atlanta.
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- Juan David Ochoa Vasquez, 41:
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- Jorge's elder brother, he helps manage the business.
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- Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, 32:
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- The youngest Ochoa son, "Fabito" helps supervise the family
- business.
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- Geraldo Moncada, 42:
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- Money launderer for the Escobar and Ochoa families. Under
- indictment in Atlanta.
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- Jose Santacruz Londono, 45:
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- Partner of the Rodriguez Orejuelas. A prominent figure in the
- Cali cartel, whose gang dominates the New York drug market. Under
- indictment in New York.
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- Jose Ivan Duarte Acero, 37:
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- Indicted in Miami for the attempted murder of two DEA AGENTS.