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Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s. [1] [2]
The cartel has been both featured and referenced in numerous works of popular culture. Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medellín Cartel - An Astonishing True Story of Murder, Money and International Corruption, Book by Guy Gugliotta; Blow: 2001 film about drug smuggler George Jung, Carlos Lehder (named Diego Delgado in the film) and the Medellín ...
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (born May 2, 1957) is a former leading member of the Medellín Cartel, along with his older brothers Juan David and Jorge Luis. His role briefly made him a billionaire. He was extradited to the US and served 25 years of a 30-year sentence in federal prison. He was released from prison in December 2024, and returned to Colombia.
Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez (born 30 September 1950) is a Colombian former drug trafficker who was one of the founding members of the Medellín Cartel in the late 1970s. The cartel's key members were Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Gustavo Gaviria, Jorge Ochoa, and his brothers Juan David and Fabio.
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born 7 September 1949) [9] is a Colombian and German former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.Born to a German father and Colombian mother, [10] he was the first high-level drug trafficker extradited to the United States, after which he was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020.
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (14 May 1947 – 15 December 1989), also known by the nicknames Don Sombrero (English: Mister Hat) and El Mexicano (English: The Mexican), was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa brothers and Pablo Escobar.
Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero (25 December 1946 – 11 August 1990) was a Colombian drug trafficker.As Pablo Escobar's cousin and right-hand man, Gaviria controlled the Medellín cartel's finances and trade routes.
His connections within the Medellin cartel are the highest." [1] Mermelstein was able to take ledgers written in shorthand [that was] unique to the cartel and translate the confusing scrawl into evidence of cocaine sales approaching 2,957 kilos, worth $56 million, said Richard Gregorie, chief assistant U.S. attorney in Miami. [1]