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- <title>
- Sep. 04, 1989: The Dirty Dozen
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Sep. 04, 1989 Rock Rolls On:Rolling Stones
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 14
- The Dirty Dozen
- </hdr><body>
- <p>Wanted in America: Columbia's biggest narcobarons
- </p>
- <p>Pablo Escobar Gaviria, 39:
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p>Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, 42:
- </p>
- <p> The most vicious of the Medellin kingpins, dubbed "El
- Mexicano."
- </p>
- <p>Gustavo de Jesus Gaviria Rivero, 42:
- </p>
- <p> Escobar's cousin and right-hand man. Under indictment in
- Atlanta.
- </p>
- <p>Miguel Angel Rodriguez Orejuela, 46:
- </p>
- <p> Brother of Gilberto. Co-owner of the soccer team and a chain
- of drugstores and big businesses in Medellin. Under indictment
- in New Orleans.
- </p>
- <p>Jaime Raul Orejuela Caballero, 46:
- </p>
- <p> Indicted in New York in 1985 for drug trafficking.
- </p>
- <p>Gilberto Jose Rodriguez Orejuela, 45:
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p>Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, 40:
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p>Juan David Ochoa Vasquez, 41:
- </p>
- <p> Jorge's elder brother, he helps manage the business.
- </p>
- <p>Fabio Ochoa Vasquez, 32:
- </p>
- <p> The youngest Ochoa son, "Fabito" helps supervise the family
- business.
- </p>
- <p>Geraldo Moncada, 42:
- </p>
- <p> Money launderer for the Escobar and Ochoa families. Under
- indictment in Atlanta.
- </p>
- <p>Jose Santacruz Londono, 45:
- </p>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p>Jose Ivan Duarte Acero, 37:
- </p>
- <p> Indicted in Miami for the attempted murder of two DEA
- Agents.
- </p>
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