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Norte del Valle Cartel
Follow breaking news about the Norte del Valle Cartel, a drug cartel operating out of the Valle del Cauca province of Colombia.
Drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was extradited to the United States on Friday, joining other leaders of Colombia's notorious Norte del Valle cartel facing U.S. trials for allegedly smuggling 500 tons of cocaine worth $10 billion between 1990 and 2003.
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Drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was extradited to the United States on Friday, joining other leaders of Colombia's notorious Norte del Valle cartel facing U.S. trials for allegedly smuggling more than 450 tonnes of cocaine worth $10 billion.
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Known as Chupeta (Lollipop), Ramirez Abadia was arrested last August in Sao Paulo. He is accused of running Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel in the ...
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| Diego León Montoya Sánchez alias "Don Diego","El Señor de la Guerra" ("The Lord of War") is the top leader of the Norte Del Valle Cartel and currently on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. U.S. authorities offer $5 million dollars for information that leads to his arrest. | |
 | Wilbur Alirio Varela alias "Jabón" ("Soap") is the second top leader in the NVC. Due to possibly negotiating a surrender deal with the DEA, Varela was declared a mortal enemy by Montoya. The cartel divided and Varela and Montoya began a deadly war that left more than 1,000 people dead. Varela is at large with a $5 million dollar reward with information leading to his arrest. |
 | Carlos Alberto Rentería Mantilla alias "Beto Renteria" is a top leader in the NVC. He has been in drug trafficking for over 15 years. There is a $5 million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Rentería. |
The government and police have been trying to crack down the Norte del Valle drug cartel for a long time. Here are a few noteable accomplishments, listed on Wikipedia .
 | Gabriel Puerta Parra alias "El Doctor" ("The Doctor") was an attorney and counselor to the cartel. He was a highly respected intermediary between the Norte del Valle Cartel and major Mexican cartels, assisted in resolving disputes within the NVC, and influencing the Colombian government with extradition matters. He invested his own money in drug shipments and facilitated money laundering operations through front companies he owned and setup for the cartel, as well as acquiring local and international real estate to launder the cartel's illegal proceeds. On March 11, 2004 a Federal Grand Jury in Washington D.C. indicted him for violation of the RICO Act and was subsequently arrested October 7, 2004 near Bogotá, Colombia. |
 | Jorge Orlando Rodríguez Acero alias "El Teniente" ("The Lieutenant") was a former Colombian police lieutenant serving as an enforcer to the NVC. He traveled to Spain and Mexico to oversee multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia. He was also responsible for assignations conducted on behalf of the NVC's leaders. On March 11, 2004 a Federal Grand Jury in Washington D.C. indicted him for violation of the RICO Act. However, he was murdered by rival dealers later that year. |
 | José Dagoberto Flores Ríos alias "Chuma" was Arcángel Henao Montoya's top lieutenant. He was arrested January 2004 in Colombia and extradited to the U.S. where he is in custody in New York. |
 | José Aldemar Rendón Ramírez alias "Mechas" was a financial officer within the NVC responsible for the launder of its illegal proceeds. On July 15, 2005 he was arrested by Colombian authorities. |
 | Jhonny Cano Correa alias "Flecha" ("Arrow") was chief of security for Luis Hernando Gómez Bustamante. He was responsible for ensuring the security of cocaine processing laboratories, drug shipments, and murdering rivals. He was arrested October 29, 2005 in Caucasia, Colombia by Colombian authorities and extradited to the U.S. September 2006. |
 | Jaime Maya Durán alias "Alejandro" was a high ranking lieutenant to Luis Hernando Gómez Bustamante. After Bustamante's arrest, Durán assumed more responsibility within the NVC. He was captured in Mexico September 2006 and extradited to the U.S. that same month. |
 | Orlando Sabogal Zuluaga alias "Alberto" another high ranking lieutenant to Luis Hernando Gómez Bustamante was arrested October 31, 2006 in a shopping mall in Spain. |
 | Eugenio Montoya Sánchez alias "Don Hugo" younger brother to top cartel boss Diego Montoya, was arrested January 15, 2007 in the Cartel's stronghold town of El Dovio. Eugenio took over his brother's major operations to allow his brother to remain at large from Colombian and U.S. authorities. Eugenio will remain in Colombia awaiting his extradition to the U.S. |
 | Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia alias "Chupeta" one of the major bosses in the NVC, was dealt a hard financial blow when in January 2007, during 4 separate raids to Ramírez's stash houses in the city of Cali, Colombia authorities seized over $50 million dollars in cash and gold bars. The largest seizure of cash money to a single individual in Colombian history. Ramírez was arrested in Brazil on August 7th 2007. |
