Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar
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Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela José Santacruz Londoño Jorge Alberto Rodriguez Hélmer Herrera Buitrago Jairo Ivan Urdinola-Grajales Julio Fabio Urdinola-Grajales Henry Loaiza-Ceballos Victor Patiño-Fomeque Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus Raul Grajales-Lemos Luis Grajales-Posso Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar |
Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar aka Cuchilla was a Colombian drug dealer and prominent member of the Cali Cartel. Ortiz-Escobar was a nephew of former Medellin Cartel boss Pablo Escobar.[1]
Ortiz-Escobar surrendered to Colombian authorities on March 1996 to take advantage of a "reduction of sentence" in exchange for turning himself in and admitting his guilt.[2][3]
After the capture of Norte del Valle Cartel kingpin Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia on August 7, 2007, Brazilian authorities discovered he had close ties to Ortiz-Escobar. Ramirez-Abadia had been helped by Ortiz-Escobar to establish himself in Brazil.[1][4]
Ortiz Escobar was killed in 2002 after getting out of jail by orders of Wilber Varela aka Jabón.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phillips, Tom (11 August 2007). "The Guardian: My boy Lollipop: raid ends sweet life of the Colombian drug lord". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Powerful drug lords nabbed in Colombia". Toronto Star. 30 March 1996. p. 2.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ "Colombia Arrests Cocaine Traffickersv". Washington Post. 30 March 1996. p. 19.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ Barreneche, Eduardo (12 August 2007). "El capo narco que eligió Uruguay". El Pais (in Spanish).