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Hermilda Gaviria

**Hermilda Gaviria** was the mother of Pablo Escobar.

## Biography

Hermilda was born sometime in 1916 or 1917. Despite being in her seventies, she was dedicated to her son, going so far as to sew clothes to hide drugs in Descenso.

## Personality

Hermilda was very dedicated to her son and his family, although she at times quarreled with her daughter-in-law, Tata Escobar. She was also very resourceful, knowing how to make a jacket that would fit five kilos of cocaine.
Judy Moncada

**Judy Moncada** (née **Mendoza**) was a Colombian former drug trafficker and a member of the Los Pepes paramilitary organization. She fled Colombia in 1993, and lives in the United States as part of a witness protection program.

Her husband, Gerardo Moncada was one of Pablo Escobar's lieutenants. While imprisoned in the La Catedral, Escobar suspected Gerardo of stealing and had his men murder him. Judy swore revenge after news of her husband's death came public, and along with her brother Jaime Mendoza and the Medellín cartel's security chief Diego Murillo Bejarano, broke away from Escobar's organization, seizing control of several cocaine labs and began trafficking drugs. The Colombian government forced Escobar out of his private prison, and upon his return, he killed Jaime and took a few of Moncada's labs.

Judy wanted complete control of Medellín, and approached Escobar's rivals, the Cali Cartel, for help. The Cali cartel decided to take advantage of Judy's desire for revenge by luring Escobar's men into her laboratories, killing Escobar's massive army and destroying Moncada's labs. Judy, unaware of the manipulation, continued to supply information to the Cali cartel. She suggests Hélmer Herrera to form a partnership with the AUC, a right-wing paramilitary group which sought to eliminate Escobar due to his collaboration with left-wing paramilitary groups before. While the Cali cartel refused to join with the AUC at the beginning, they agree to the partnership after Escobar bombed the wedding of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela's daughter, Marta, forming the Los Pepes organization. The group eliminated several associates and *sicarios* in succession, but also actively went after Judy's labs on the orders of the Cali cartel, seizing Judy's cocaine as the Cali cartel felt that in order to effectively choke Escobar, no cocaine should be exported out of Medellín. The Los Pepes group also indiscriminately massacred civilians while hunting down Escobar's soldiers.

After the death of Escobar, the Los Pepes suddenly laid down their arms without consulting Judy. Judy then realized that the Cali cartel had no intentions of making her a partner, as they gave several tonnes of cocaine to the AUC, allowing them to enter the drug trade. The AUC unsuccessfully try to assassinate Judy with a car bomb, forcing her to work for the DEA to rat out the Cali cartel. This caused Diego to betray her. He took her to an airfield and gave her two options: **1.** Leave Colombia and work as an informant for the CIA, or **2.** Stay in Colombia and survive all by herself against the Cali cartel and the Castaño brothers. She took the former option, and went to America to work as an informant for the CIA. She gave an interview to an American newspaper in which she blamed DEA agent Javier Peña for the rise of the Los Pepes, absolving the CIA and the Cali cartel for the roles in the rise of the violent paramilitary organization.
Julio César Turbay Ayala

**Julio César Turbay Ayala** was the President of Colombia from 1978 till 1982. Even after leaving office, he continued to be a prominent figure in the Colombian Liberal Party.

In late 1990, his daughter and journalist Diana Turbay was kidnapped by the Medellín cartel upon her rival Valeria Velez' request. Turbay urged President César Gaviria to negotiate her release with drug lord Pablo Escobar, despite the President having a policy of no negotiations with terrorists. In January 1991, her daughter was killed in the crossfire between the cartel and the Search Bloc. Her death became a moment of national tragedy, and forced President Gaviria to cave into Escobar's demands.
José Rodríguez Gacha

* Narcos
* Real life

**José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha**, also known as ***El Mexicano*** (The Mexican) (1947-1989) was a Colombian smuggler and a member of the Medellín cartel.

Gacha was born on 14 May 1947 in the town of Pacho, Colombia. Later in his life, he began his career by smuggling emeralds, and by the early 1970s, gained reputation as a fierce killer and was well known for turning against his partners. His friend, Pablo Escobar convinced him to join his newly founded cocaine trafficking operation along with smugglers Carlos Lehder, Jorge Luis and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez to form the Medellín cartel.

Through the cartel, Gacha grew incredibly powerful and wealthy, becoming one of Colombia's earliest billionaires. He and his son Fredy Rodríguez Celades were killed during a shootout with the Search Bloc in 1989.
John Bell

**John Bell** was a high ranking DEA official working under Administrator John Lawn.

Following the Chiapas airfield ambush in 1989, he ended Operation Leyenda and relegated lead agent Walt Breslin to a desk job in Sacramento. He additionally refused to follow up on the DEA's promises made to the Mexican mercenaries hired and killed during the ill-fated attack on the Guadalajara cartel.
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela

## Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela

* Narcos
* Real Life

**Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela** (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian former drug lord, banker and businessman. He was the leader of the Cali cartel, which controlled 90% of the world's cocaine market at the height of its power.

Gilberto, and his brother Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela began their criminal career as bank robbers. Using their ill-gotten wealth, they began their marijuana smuggling operation in the 1970s. Gilberto saw the potential of trafficking cocaine, and established the Cali cartel in the late 1970s along with his brother and chemical engineer José Santacruz Londoño. Contrasting Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel, the Cali cartel operated in secrecy, and avoided police attention for most of its lifespan. The brothers, using the money earned from the cocaine business, purchased their own bank, and operated Colombia's largest chain of pharmaceutical stores, and also owned the Athletico de Cali football team. The cartel spent millions weekly on bribes to retain their power.

Despite territorial disputes between the Cali and Medellín cartels, Gilberto hesitated to engage in an all-out war with Pablo Escobar. However, after Escobar bombed the wedding of Gilberto's daughter, he swore revenge against Escobar, and had Hélmer Herrera initiate a silent-takeover of Escobar's Miami operations, severely weakening the Medellín cartel. Gilberto later financed the Los Pepes vigilante group composed of Escobar's enemies, including the AUC, a notorious right-wing paramilitary.

After Escobar's death in 1993, Gilberto negotiated a surrender deal with the government in order to retire safely, but his plans never came into fruition as his co-leaders opposed the idea. Gilberto was arrested by the Search Bloc in 1995, and leadership of the cartel fell to his brother. Miguel convinced Santacruz and Herrera to discontinue negotiations on Gilberto's surrender deal, and had the cartel go to war with the Norte del Valle cartel. However, after Miguel's arrest, Santacruz and Herrera surrendered to the Search Bloc. With no leverage over the government, the brothers received harsh sentences, and were extradited to the United States. Gilberto would spend the remainder of his life in prison, and would pass away on May 31, 2022.

## Personal life

Gilberto's wife is Mariela Rodríguez, with whom he fathered Marta Rodríguez. His son, Nicolás Rodríguez's mother, is not mentioned in the show. He also had two mistresses, Aura and Camila, whom upon his insistence, got along with his wife. He would spend two days a week with each wife, and devoted the remaining day watching football with his wife and mistresses.

1. ↑ BBC News: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord dies in US prison
2. ↑ BBC News: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord dies in US prison
3. ↑ The Indepedent: Colombian drug lord known as 'The Chess Player' dies in US prison
Jorge Velásquez

**Jorge Velásquez**, commonly known by his nickname **Navegante** was one of the sicario*s* of the Cali cartel.

In the 1980s, Navegante served as Cali cartel leader Hélmer Herrera's bodyguard, and accompanied him to Mexico and Panama as his boss oversaw relations between their cartel and Mexican drug traffickers.

In 1989, he successfully infiltrated the Medellín cartel by working as the head of security for drug lord José Rodríguez Gacha during the start of the violent conflict between the Medellín and Cali cartels of Colombia. Under his bosses' orders, he contacted the DEA team stationed in Colombia, and provided information which led to a Search Bloc raid on Gacha's estate in Cartagena on December 15 1989, killing the drug lord and his son. After the raid, he returned back to Cali and worked as the bodyguard of Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. At the same time, he committed several murders as the conflict between the cartels intensified.

In April 1993, he accompanied Herrera to Miami, and helped his boss to take over Pablo Escobar's control over Miami by forming a partnership with The Lion, Pablo's main man in Miami. After meeting all of Escobar's contacts, Navegante garrotted El Leon to death. After Cali gained complete control of Miami, he returned back to Colombia and resumed his duties as a *sicario*.

Miguel Rodríguez ordered Navegante and Jorge Salcedo to recover his mistress Maria Salazar's son from her mother-in-law Gerda Salazar, a leader of the Norte del Valle cartel. After Gilberto's arrest in September 1994, Navegante was ordered by David Rodriguez to kill the family of Carlo Cordova; the head of security of the cartel. By 1995, Navegante was one of the last few remaining *sicarios* of the Cali cartel, and was tasked by David Rodriguez to kill Guillermo Pallomari. Navegante was disappointed to hear that Salcedo had betrayed the cartel by working as an informant for the DEA; but due to their years of friendship refused to kill him when he met him outside Pallomari's house. However in a bid to secure his family's safety, Salcedo killed Navegante by shooting him multiple times with a Sig sauer handgun and escorted Pallomari to the airport, allowing the DEA to fly him to the United States.
Gilberto Fonseca

**Gilberto Fonseca Carillo** (died 1984) was the son of Guadalajara cartel founder Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo.

His father was absent for much his life, but hired Omar to look after him. After leaving a boxing arena, he got into a scuffle with a drunk man after the latter urinated on Gilberto's car. During the fight Gilberto asked Omar to shoot the drunk man, but in the heat of confusion Omar shot Gilberto in the head, killing him instantly.

Ernesto began to appreciate his son much more after his death, and ordered the construction of a mausoleum for his son. He also had his right hand man Sammy Alvarez kill Omar.
James Kuykendall

* Narcos
* Real life

**James "Jaime" Kuykendall** is the head of the Guadalajara bureau of the DEA. Working with Butch Sears, Roger Knapp and later Enrique Camarena, he was influential in publicizing the activities of the Guadalajara Cartel.

In 1985, Kuykendall had presented Camerena's oversight of the capture of subsequent destruction of a marijuana field owned and managed by Rafa to the U.S. government. Despite Washington being impressed with Camarena's actions, Mexico City was not, as it felt this would expose the Guadalajara Cartel's close relationship with government officials. Kuykendall had a beer with Camarena to pass on bad news, the Senate voted against further DEA action in Mexico. Immediately afterward, Camarena was abducted by corrupt policemen. As Camarena had worked with a couple before, he did not suspect immediate danger. Kuykendall worked tirelessly to find out what happened after Camarena was missing for a long period. This ultimately led to finding his corpse one month later. Kuykendall then got word he was being transferred to Laredo, as his superiors felt he was burned out trying to search for Camarena. He ultimately accepted this transfer, feeling further action would only be motivated by pure vengeance and not clearheaded investigative work.

In 1989, Walt Breslin began working under him. Using his influence, Kuykendall allowed Breslin to visit Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in prison.

## Appearances

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Stupid Guy Guy Box

## Organization

### Map Description

There is a man hidden inside. Basic.There are crazy people in the chest. And loans based. In general, the dreams of Guy Browser's stars were over.

### Characters to meet

Smoke
Lighthouse God
Anti-Man
Mr. Gourmet
Common Man

### Related Events

Operation Shame

**Stupid Guy Guy Box** is a Russian hacker hideout hidden in the back of an unassuming house in Frog City. It is the home of the Shame Boys, most likely because they are rejected and disliked by the Kingdom of Fungi and have nowhere else to go, despite their holy status because frog city is xenophobic. A Frog working at the Green Song paid for the box upon Browser's request. The Shame Boy Tough Gang use Stupid Guy Guy Box as their base of operations during their raid on Frog City.

Mario and his partners visit it during Section 4 of Book of Mario 64 with the objective of stopping Operation Shame, which is the plan of the Shame Boys of invading Frog City. Common Man, the leader of the Shame Boys, is fought inside the box as the Section 4 Boss. The Shame Boys wreak havoc on Frog City, stealing personal items from the inhabitants. If Mario returns them he can progress further in the chapter and additionally obtain Star Masses.

There's also a train station inside the box connecting all 4 of them: the Green Song, the Roza Station, the Green Season and the Red Center, where both the Lighthouse God and Common Man are fought, and also where Smoke is. A Wedding Invite written on Facebook by Malu Guy can only be translated by Russ Zvoq Tito and his Glossary.
Alfredo Zavala Avelar

Captain **Alfredo Zavala Avelar** (died 1985) was a Mexican pilot who aided DEA agent Enrique Camarena in taking aerial photographs of the Rancho Búfalo, a marijuana farm run by Rafael Caro Quintero of the Guadalajara cartel. The photographs would lead to a military raid on the farm, leading to over $2 billion worth of marijuana being destroyed. He also flew flights around the area for 4 years for the CIA's eradication program.

For his involvement in operation to secure photographs, he was kidnapped by the DFS and was tortured along with Camarena in Caro Quintero's ranch, despite the DEA agent pleading that Zavala was innocent. Zavala, along with Camerena were eventually killed after a long and agonizing torture session, and were dumped outside a ranch in the countryside.
Alejandro Ayala

**Alejandro Ayala** was one of the leaders of M-19 in Colombia and the boyfriend of Elisa Álvarez, the co-leader of the group.

Alejandro became the boyfriend of Elisa Álvarez, a fellow university student who would go on to become the co-leader of M-19 with Ivan Torres. The three revolutionaries stole the sword of Simon Bolivar from a museum on one occasion, and Ayala and his girlfriend had passionate sex to celebrate their victory.

In 1981, the group discussed kidnapping a relative of a cartel boss to extort money from the cartels, and Ayala came up with the idea of kidnapping one of Pablo Escobar's children, but was refused due to Pablo seemingly being a charitable man who gave back to the people, with the group opting to kidnap instead Marta Ochoa Vásquez, the sister of drug boss Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez.

The kidnapping succeeded, but he was captured and killed by Pablo Escobar after he forced them to free Ochoa. Ayala was hanged from a tree in a Medellín park, and the picture was sent to the newspapers.
Avianca Flight 203 bombing

**Avianca Flight 203** was a Colombian passenger flight scheduled to fly from the capital city of Bogotá to Cali. On November 27 1989, the flight was bombed by the Medellín Cartel, resulting in the death of 101 passengers and 6 crew members.

Drug lord Pablo Escobar ordered the bombing of the plan, hoping to kill presidential candidate César Gaviria. The plane was destroyed by suicide bomber Jaime Carrera, who unwittingly destroyed the bomb designed as a recording device. Carrera was escorted to the airport by Escobar's top sicario, Juan Diego Díaz. The bomb was built by Basque terrorist Efram Gonzalez.

Unfortunately for Escobar, Gaviria was urged by his security advisor Eduardo Sandoval and DEA agent Steve Murphy not to board the plane at the last minute, and as a result, was not on the plane when it exploded. The bombing caused an international outcry against the narcotraffickers, leading to other drug cartels like the Cali Cartel distancing itself from the Medellín Cartel.
Alberto Suarez

**Alberto Suarez** was an officer with the Colombian National Police. He was a corrupt officer as he was willing to give intel on police operations to criminals in exchange for money.

## Biography

### Ties with the DEA

Suarez was first hired by DEA agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy to track down the murderer of Murphy's pet cat. Suarez did not take the offer seriously at first, but accepted the job upon a higher cash offering. Suarez interrogated two airport customs officials that stalled Murphy and scanned his passport when he arrived in Colombia, discovering that Murphy's information was sold to the Medellín Cartel, which allowed sicario Roberto "Poison" Ramos to kill the cat. The information acquired allowed Colombian police to authorize an ambush on Poison in collaboration with the DEA.

Despite Suarez being corrupt, the DEA would continue contacting him, hoping to find people who might know of Escobar's criminal record ahead of the 1982 congressional election. The DEA was able to retrieve photo negatives from the photographer who took Pablo Escobar's 1977 mug shot. In 1989, Murphy met with Suarez for the last time. Suarez laughed off Murphy's request and insulted him. In response, Murphy put a gun in Suarez's mouth, forcing him to give the name of Efram Gonzalez, an ETA bomb-maker who was recruited by the Medellín Cartel.

### Ties with the Medellín Cartel

Suarez's corruption led him to associate with the biggest criminal organization in town, the Medellín Cartel. Suarez would often deliver information on Colombian police and DEA operations to Pablo Escobar in exchange for money. After Suarez helped the DEA set up the ambush attempt on Poison, Suarez called Escobar to warn him, which led Escobar to call Poison just before he arrived at the staging point.

Suarez warned Escobar about the DEA's search for witnesses that could derail the drug lord's congressional campaign. Pablo ordered the murders of the names that Suarez had sold to the DEA.

After the harsh encounter with Steve Murphy, Suarez called Escobar to warn him about the agent's intentions, but Escobar was angry that he talked with the DEA. Poison headed to Suarez's house and shot him in the leg before shooting him in the head, killing him.

## Personality

Suarez was greedy and dishonest as he would work with anyone, including criminals, as long as the pay was sufficient, violating his duties as a police officer. He was stubborn and a hard bargainer. His dishonesty ultimately led to his death at the hands of Escobar.
Maria Salazar

**Maria Salazar** was the wife of Claudio Salazar, and after her husband's death became the mistress of Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela and later Orlando Henao Montoya.

She married Claudio when she was 18, and gave birth to her son Pedro. She was constantly mistreated by her husband and her mother-in-law Gerda. In 1994, she met Cali cartel co-leader Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela at the party where the Cali cartel announced their desire to surrender to the Colombian government. That night, Claudio had an argument with Maria at their hotel room, and left to party with his associates. The hotel room was bugged by the Cali cartel, and the conversation was played to the leaders of the Cali cartel. Miguel convinced the other leaders that Claudio was unhappy with the surrender deal, and sent Pacho Herrera to kill Claudio.

Maria began to panic after Claudio did not return for two days, and soon found out about her husband's death. Gerda blamed her for his death, forcing Maria to go to Miguel for help. She said that she was scared to return to Gerda's strong-hold of North Valley, so Miguel presented her with a high-end apartment in Cali. When she told Gerda about the apartment, Gerda told her to that they should use the apartment to plot revenge against Claudio's killers. However, Maria changed her mind when Miguel agreed to give her a monthly stipend, and she voluntarily became Miguel's lover.

Miguel had Navegante and Jorge Salcedo recover her son Pedro from Gerda, and the couple began to live together. However, the pair grew distant after the leadership of the Cali cartel fell solely onto Miguel's hands after the arrest of his brother Gilberto. With the help of Salcedo, the Search Bloc led by General Rosso José Serrano arrested Miguel. After Miguel's arrest, the cartel crumbled when the remaining two leaders surrendered to Serrano. Maria went to meet Miguel's son David and inquired if the agreement she made with his father would stand. David called her a whore, told her that she wasn't his mother and asked her to leave. Maria then approached Orlando Henao Montoya, Claudio's boss and the leader of the Norte del Valle cartel and asked for protection in exchange for offering to be his mistress. Orlando asked for something more, and Maria gave away the location of David's hideout, allowing Wilber Varela to kill David and end the Cali cartel forever.
Cortez

Comandante **Cortez** was a commander in the Jalisco State Police.

In 1985, he directed DEA agent James Kuykendall into finding an attorney to get the Jalisco State Police to investigate the murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar. However, Cortez was off-duty when Kuykendall finally managed to find an attorney willing to go against the powerful Guadalajara cartel.
Carlo Cordova

**Carlo Cordova** is a former Colombian army Major who served as the long-time head of security for the Cali cartel.

## Biography

Cordova was an officer in the Colombian army when he met Jorge Salcedo, one of the several new recruits under his command. Cordova liked Salcedo's affinity towards engineering, and they both formed a friendship. Sometime later, he got acquainted with the Rodriguez brothers, and soon led a private security firm for the brothers' cartel, and soon employed Salcedo under him.

In 1995, his carelessness led to the capture of cartel leader Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. The DEA had tailed him when he drove cartel accountant Guillermo Pallomari to Gilberto's hiding spot, enabling the Search Bloc to apprehend the cartel leader. Knowing that he is in trouble, Cordova quickly blames corrupt police captain Gustavo Calderon and attempted to flee the country with his wife. However, he was soon caught by the cartel members and was sent to one of Miguel's mansions to be tortured by Miguel's son, David.

Despite claiming innocence, Cordova and his wife were shot dead by David, and Salcedo, who was forced to witness the killings, was appointed as Cordova's replacement.
Maria Elvira

**Maria Elvira Murillo de Félix** was the second wife of former Mexican drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.

While initially supportive of her husband dealing drugs on a small scale with Rafael Caro Quintero, she begins to feel disgruntled after her husband devotes all his life into running his cartel, and starts having extramarital relationships with several women, providing them with expensive gifts. She tried to convince her husband to run his cartel from Sinaloa, but he refuses and coldly tells her that she isn't needed anymore. The couple subsequently divorce and she relocates back to Sinaloa with her children.

After he survived an attempt on his life by the Gulf cartel, Félix fled to Sinaloa, but she refused to reunite with him. He later informed her to protect herself and their children from Colombian retaliation in case he failed to deliver a shipment of 70 tonnes of cocaine for Hélmer Herrera. She later reunited with Félix Gallardo after he successfully rigged the 1988 elections in favour of the PRI, and they both attend the success party of Carlos Salinas.

However, she violently confronted her ex-husband after she learnt of his role in the tragic murder of Guadalupe Leija Serrano and her two children. She berates him for his brutality, and stabbed him with a knife as he tried to calm her down. This prompted Félix to leave her forever and move back to Guadalajara.

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Cecilia Rosario

**Cecilia Rosario** was a Mexican politician of the PRI party, and one of the campaign managers of the PRI candidate for the 1988 Mexican presidential elections.

The candidate's brother sent her to meet with drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, who had obtained computer predictions of the elections results, which predicted a massive defeat for the PRI. Félix Gallardo proposed to manipulate the election results to the PRI's favour, in exchange for political protection. She accepted the drug lord's offer, and the PRI won the subsequent elections. She invited Félix Gallardo and his estranged wife to the success party.
Libre Club shootout

The **Libre Club shootout** occurred on the opening night of the Cali Fair in 1994. Several gunmen belonging to the Norte del Valle Cartel infiltrated the party at the Libre Club in Cali in an attempt to kill the party's patron and Cali Cartel leader Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela.

With timely intervention from the cartel's head of security Jorge Salcedo, Miguel and his mistress Maria Salazar escaped the club to safety. The shootout resulted in over 15 causalities. The shootout occurred simultaneously to another hit on Cali Cartel leader Hélmer Herrera's safehouse in Mexico.
Juan Matta-Ballesteros

* Narcos
* Real life

**Juan Matta-Ballesteros** was a Honduran drug smuggler who served as the main link between the Mexican drug traffickers and Colombian cocaine producers.

Matta connected the Colombian Cali Cartel to cocaine trafficker Alberto Sicilia Falcon. Later, on the recommendation of Isabella Bautista, he agrees to introduce Mexican weed trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo to Colombian cocaine producers, and gives him the choice of working with either the Cali or the Medellín Cartel, for which Miguel chooses the former, however ends up working for both the cartels.

Matta owned a large air transport company which was used by the U.S. government to supply weapons to rebel forces in Nicaragua. He also used his company's planes to handle cocaine transportation from Colombia to Mexico for the Guadalajara Cartel.

In January 1986, he attended Félix Gallardo's fortieth birthday party, where he unsuccesfully tried to convince the drug lord to fund the Contras against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. He also facilitated the arrival of Colombian drug lord Hélmer Herrera. In 1988, one of Matta's planes carrying weapons destined for Nicaragua crashed en route, exposing the CIA's involvement in the Nicaraguan Civil War; triggering a major crisis in the American political scene. Félix Gallardo used the opportunity to form a partnership with the CIA; he would replace Matta as the weapons trafficker for the CIA; in exchange for protection. Félix gave away the location of Matta, who was promptly arrested and extradited to the United States, so that U.S. government could save face in the Iran - Contra scandal.
Carlos Henao

**Carlos Henao** (died 25 December 1992) was a Colombian drug trafficker and Pablo Escobar's brother-in-law.

Henao resided in the United States and coordinated drug shipments for the Medellín cartel. In 1992 while Escobar and his family were on the run from the police, Escobar decided to bring Carlos back to Colombia to cheer his wife, Maria. However, Carlos' time in Colombia was short-lived, as he was gunned down by the Los Pepes while they were attacking one of Escobar's safe-houses.

Carlos' death made Escobar realize that Colombia was not safe for his family anymore, and unsuccessfully tried to send his family to Germany.

In real life, Carlos s name is Mario Henao and he was killed by the police in a raid to arrest Pablo or the Ochoa brothers.
Hernan Naranjo

**Hernan Naranjo** was a Mexican drug trafficker active in the city of Guadalajara. He controlled drug trafficking in the city along with his brother, Hernin Naranjo with support from the DFS.

His brother is shot and killed by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, one of Pedro Avilés' men. Hernan swears revenge against Félix Gallardo, and has DFS agent Tomas Morlet arrest Félix, along with his partners Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo and Rafael Caro Quintero. Félix Gallardo however introduces DFS Commander Juan José Esparragoza Moreno to a new strain of seedlesss weed grown by Caro Quintero, which carries the same weight in a lower volume. Impressed by the weed, Esparragoza Moreno terminates his partnership with the Naranjo brothers by killing Hernan, and begins working with Félix Gallardo, paving a path for the Guadalajara cartel; which would go on to become one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels.

## Trivia

* The actor who plays Hernán Naranjo, Hernán Romo is known for his roles in famous TV narcoseries such as El Señor de Los Cielos, Camelia la Texana and El Chapo, where he played Benjamín Arellano Félix (known in El Chapo as "Benjamin Avedaño"), one of the founders of the Tijuana Cartel alongside his younger brother, Ramón Arellano Félix.
La Catedral siege

On July 22, 1992, the 4th Brigade of the Colombian Army consisting of 4,000 soldiers led by Brigadier General Gustavo Pardo Ariza was instructed to lay siege onto the La Catedral prison which housed Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar and his select group of sicarios*.* Ariza was tasked with arresting Escobar but, the Colombian Military leaders ordered the Brigadier General to simply surround the perimeter of the prison.

Colombian President Cesar Gaviria ostensibly wanted to move Escobar to a conventional prison after the murder of two of Escobar's lieutenants inside the prison became public. However, Escobar felt that he would either be killed or sent to an American prison, and refused to cooperate. Vice Minister of Justice, Eduardo Sandoval, was dispatched to negotiate with Escobar. Upon arrival, Sandoval realized that Ariza's 4th Brigade did not apprehend Escobar, and voluntarily went inside the prison to speak to the drug lord. Escobar used the opportunity to kidnap Sandoval, and forced him to talk to the President using a telephone inside the compound. Sandoval covertly informed the President that he was held hostage inside the prison.

Colombia's Defense Minister wanted to send a DAS Hostage Negotiation Team to rescue Sandoval and to negotiate with Escobar. However, the President refused and instead, authorized a Army Special Forces raid on the prison compound, which aimed to secure Sandoval and capture Escobar. Ariza was relieved of command, and 250 Special Forces soldiers, along with 4 helicopters and 7 attack dogs stormed into Escobar's fortress, and engaged in a firefight with the prison guards and Escobar's sicarios. Sandoval was recovered unharmed, but Escobar escaped through the rear exit, with three of his trusted soldiers. A group of Colombian soldiers came across Escobar, but they let him pass as they were fearful of Escobar's infamy.
Maritza Rincón

**Maritza Rincón** (died 1993) was a Colombian florist who lived in Midtown

In 1992, her friend El Limón asked her to sit in the back of his taxi while he drove around the city carrying most wanted drug lord Pablo Escobar in the boot. Rosa, one of the prostitutes handled by Limón, rats out La Quica's location to the police. As a result, Quica killed all the prostitutes and later came after Maritza, believing that it was her who ratted him out. Quica and Limón force their way inside Martiza's apartment. Limón finds her but does not disclose her location to Quica. Fearing for her life, Maritza went back to the countryside to live with her mother.

Later, Limón tracks her to the countryside and tells her that he wants to leave the Medellín cartel￼ and urges her to get in contact with the DEA. Through Gabriella, Maritza came in contact with DEA agent Javier Peña￼ and gave him the address of a place where Pablo was scheduled to travel. However, she failed to realize that El Limón was using her to create a trap to lure Colonel Horacio Carrillo. Carrillo and his team were ambushed by the cartel while they were on the way to the location supplied by Maritza, and Escobar personally shot and killed Carrillo. The next day, Maritza is confronted by Escobar, Quica and Limón. Escobar thanked her for the service and paid her in US dollars for her unintentional help.

Javier angrily confronted Maritza, but she pleaded that she was not aware of Limón's real intentions. To prove her innocence, she met Limón at a restaurant, allowing the DEA to follow him. However, Javier refused to provide her a visa to escape the country. The next year, she is visited by Limón, who at that point was the sole remaining member of the Medellín cartel besides Escobar. He asked her for the money which Escobar had given her the previous year, but Maritza lies, saying that she spent it. After he discovered the bluff, he angrily shoots Maritza and collects the money. However, after seeing her daughter Salome, he throws some of the money on the bed and leaves.
Gerardo Moncada

**Gerardo Moncada** (died 1992), also known as **Kiko** was a high ranking member of the Medellín cartel.

Moncada and his partner Fernando Galeano took control over drug production and distribution after Carlos Lehder's arrest in 1984. After their leader Pablo Escobar's arrest in June 1991, Moncada and Galeano were given control of day-to-day operations, but were also levied a high war tax. The duo were disappointed with the tax, but still continued to show their loyalty to Escobar. They negotiated over the control of Los Angeles with the Cali cartel.

In 1992, one of Escobar's lieutenants Velasco received a pile of cash from a farmer, who alleged it was found buried in land owned by Galeano and Moncada in Rionegro. A similar amount of cash was lost by the duo earlier, and Velasco deduced that they were stealing from Escobar. On July 22, Escobar summoned Moncada and Galeano to his private prison, and interrogated them. While Galeano and Moncada pleaded innocence, Escobar noted that he heard Gerardo's wife Judy complained about the war tax. Escobar also felt that his guards no longer respected him, so he decided to kill Moncada and Galeano. Escobar beat Galeano to death with a cue stick, and had his men kill Moncada, dismember him and burn his body limbs in an oven.

Moncada's death eventually led to the downfall of Escobar. After news of Escobar killing his men inside the private prison broke out, the government was forced to surround the prison and force Escobar into another public prison. Escobar escaped the government siege, and remained on the run till his death in December 1993. Gerardo's death also resulted in Diego Murillo Bejarano, Escobar's head of security, and Jaime Mendoza, Gerardo's brother-in-law breaking away from the cartel along with Gerardo's vengeful wife Judy Moncada. The trio, with help from the Cali cartel and the Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá and indirectly from the CIA and DEA, formed the Los Pepes paramilitary group to hunt down and kill Escobar and his associates.
Gallon gang

The **Gallon gang** was a criminal organization in Colombia. They were allied to the Medellín cartel till 1992, after which they became a part of the Los Pepes.

In 1994, they gained widespread notoriety after they murdered Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar for scoring a self-goal during the World Cup.

## Members

* Pedro Gallon
* Santiago Gallon
* Hector Gallon
Manny

**Manny** (died 1997) was Amado Carrillo Fuentes's bodyguard and right hand man and a member of the Juárez cartel.

Manny worked from Amado since the mid-1980s, and became Amado's right-hand man after the establishment of the Juárez cartel in 1989. He was killed by the Mexican Army while helping his boss board a plane in 1997.
Antonia Arévalo

**Antonia Arévalo** was Fermín Arévalo's wife and Lili Arévalo's mother.

In 1986, her son Lili is killed by Pablo Acosta's lieutenant Marco de Haro, and her husband sent an assassin after Acosta, but his efforts were in vain. Acosta stormed into the Arévalo's ranch with de Haro. Fermín hid inside the house and sent her to talk to Acosta.

Acosta told her that he was angry with de Haro for killing her son, but told her that the attempt on his life was a declaration of war, and he wanted to settle things with Fermín. He gave her his gun and gave her permission to shoot him, but she denied. Later that day, her husband and his men try to ambush Acosta, but her husband is killed by Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
Juan Pablo Escobar

**Juan Pablo Escobar Henao** was the son of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, his wife Maria Henao.

In 1992, Pablo Escobar unsuccessfully attempted to send his son, daughter, wife and mother to Germany. The German government refused to grant them visas after the DEA notified them of their identities, and deported them back to Colombia. They remained in the protective custody of the Attorney-General, but after Escobar's death in 1993, sold their remaining belongings to Escobar's rival Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela in order to leave the country safely.

## Behind the Scenes

In reality, the Escobar family moved to a variety of countries, before finally settling in Argentina. Juan Pablo changed his name to Sebastián Marroquín, and works as an architect in Argentina. In a September 2016 post on Facebook, he criticized the Narcos TV series by listing 28 mistakes.

Additionally, in real life, Juan Pablo was 16 years old at the time of his father's death, and was the man of the family during his father's absence. However, the show inaccurately portrays him as a little child.

## References

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Gustavo de Greiff

* Narcos
* Real life

**Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo** was the 1st Attorney-General of Colombia, from 1992 till 1994.

He believed that drug lord Pablo Escobar had the right to a free and fair trial like every Colombian citizen and opposed President César Gaviria's intention to hunt down and kill Escobar. Disregarding the President's orders to not negotiate with the members of the Medellín cartel, de Greiff independently contacted Escobar's lawyer Fernando Duque to inform him that he was opened to making a peaceful surrender deal with Escobar. Additionally, he also supported the legalization of drugs.

He also opened an investigation based on the allegations that President Gaviria and Vice Minister of Justice Eduardo Sandoval might have helped Pablo Escobar escape during the La Catedral siege. Later, he criticized Gaviria for allowing the Los Pepes death squad to operate in the country, and had his men provide security to Escobar's immediate family members. Escobar initially did not seriously consider the Attorney General's offer but changed his mind after the collapse of his organization. However, the evidence against Escobar was too strong at that point, that de Greiff refused negotiations.

He was succeeded by Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento in 1994.
Cali soccer field massacre

The **Cali soccer field massacre** took place in June 1991, when Roberto 'Poison' Ramos led a team of Medellín cartel *sicarios* to kill the members of the Cali cartel along with their leader Pacho Herrera.

The massacre was ordered by Pablo Escobar after he discovered Herrera's role in the Monaco building bombing and in the death of his cousin Gustavo Gaviria. The attack resulted in the death of 14 Cali cartel members. As all Cali cartel members were dressed the same, Herrera managed to sneak away and run to safety.
Jaramillo

**Jaramillo** was a Lieutenant General of the Colombian National Police and the head of the counter-narcotics division in the 1980s.

Jaramillo and General Rodrigo Gonzalez authorized the creation of the Search Bloc under Colonel Horacio Carrillo after Carrillo threatened to quit the police force. Despite this, Jaramillo was extremely corrupt and earlier received $100,000 as bribe from Javier Peña to make Carrillo the leader of the team to bring down Pablo Escobar. Jaramillo was also close to the Cali cartel co-leader Pacho Herrera; in 1990 Herrera enabled Medellín cartel leaders Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez and his brother Fabio Ochoa Vásquez to negotiate their surrender agreement with Jaramillo. The Ochoa brothers agreed to give up Escobar's cousin and right hand man Gustavo Gaviria in exchange for a minimal prison sentence for illegally importing animals.
Fernando Galeano

## Fernando Galeono

**Fernando Galeano** (died July 22 1992), also known as the **Wolfman** was a high ranking member of the Medellín cartel, and handled transportation along with Gerardo Moncada. In 1992, cartel leader Pablo Escobar summoned them to his private prison after suspecting that they were stealing money to avoid paying taxes to Escobar. Escobar beat Galeano to death with a cue stick, and had his body, along with Moncada's, dismembered and burnt.
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez

## Fabio Ochoa

* Narcos
* Real life

**Fabio Ochoa Vásquez** was a Colombian drug trafficker and one of the co-founders of the Medellín cartel.

He, along with his brother Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez were wealthy high-profile smugglers in Colombia by the 1970s, but their abundant wealth made them appear soft to other criminals. The brothers joined Pablo Escobar's organization in the mid-1970s along with José Rodríguez Gacha and Carlos Lehder, forming the Medellín cartel.

His sister, Marta was hello by M-19 guerrillas, the Ochoa brothers along with Escobar formed the MAS paramilitary group which was tasked with hunting down left-wing revolutionaries in Colombia.In 1980, he helped his brother, Jorge Luis Ochoa to exit from prison. In 1984, the brothers formed another organization with Escobar, called the Los Extraditables and they attempted to influence public opinion against the extradition treaty signed between Colombia and the US. The brothers hired a PR firm to design the logo and motto for their organization, not realizing that the PR team had blatantly overcharged.

Despite the efforts of Los Extraditables, the cartel was unable to bribe the government into repealing the extradition treaty. Escobar unilaterally decided to assassinate pro-extradition presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán and blew up a passenger plane in an attempt to kill Galán's successor César Gaviria. The plane bombing led to the deaths of 107 civilians and massive shift in public opinion against Escobar. After Gacha's death in 1989, the brothers were largely neglected from the cartel affairs. Escobar only spoke to them only few times a year and kept them out of his plans.

In 1990, Cali cartel leader Pacho Herrera informed them that Escobar was close to signing his surrender deal with the government. Pacho also revealed that their sister Marina was having an illicit relationship with Escobar's cousin and right-hand man Gustavo Gaviria. Knowing that Escobar did not include the brothers in his surrender deal, the brothers met corrupt police general Jaramillo through Pacho, and agreed to surrender in exchange for giving up the location of Gustavo. Jaramillo prevented the brothers from getting extradited by charging them with the illegal importation of animals, and gave them lenient sentences. Using the brothers' information, Colonel Horacio Carrillo tracked down and killed Gustavo.
1994 Queens explosion

In late 1994, a cocaine lab located in the second floor of a building in Queens, New York City **exploded** in the wee hours due to an electrical accident.

The DEA believed that the lab was operated by a newly-formed Dominican cocaine trafficking ring, but La Presna journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue spoke revealed that the lab was taken over by Victor Crespo, a Colombian drug trafficker a few months ago. Furthermore, he revealed that Victor Crespo was an alias of José Santacruz Londoño, one of the four godfathers of the Cali cartel which was the most powerful Colombian cartel at that time.

Santacruz killed de Dios in retaliation for the revelations, and was forced to leave the United States forever along with his wife Amparo Santacruz.
John Clay Walker

**John Clay Walker** (died 1985) was an American aspiring novelist and former US Marine.

He and his friend, Alberto Radelat traveled to the Mexican city of Guadalajara in January 1985 to work on Walker's first novel. While dining late night at a seafood restaurant, they were suspected to be DEA agents by Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the leaders of the Guadalajara cartel; and were brutally murdered by Caro Quinerto, Cochiloco and Cuco. Walker managed to take out an attacker after Radelat was shot, but was eventually overpowered and was stabbed to death with an icepick.

## Trivia

John Clay Walker was wounded twice while serving in Vietnam, and received two Purple Hearts. He worked as a journalist, and moved to Guadalajara with his family in 1984. On January 30, 1985, he walked into one of Rafael Caro Quintero's private parties with Radelat, and the pair was suspected to be working for the DEA. On Rafael's orders, Walker and Radelat were abducted and were interrogated with ice picks. Walker died on the scene, while Radelat was buried alive hours later.
Diego Murillo Bejarano

## Diego Murillo

* Narcos
* Real life

**Diego Murillo Bejarano**, also known as **Don Berna,** was a Colombian drug trafficker and a high-ranking member of the AUC.

Prior to 1992, Berna served as the head of security for the Medellín cartel. After cartel leader Pablo Escobar killed his lieutenant and Berna's associate Gerardo Moncada, Berna broke away from the Medellín cartel along with Gerardo's wife Judy Moncada and her brother Jaime Mendoza. After Escobar executed Mendoza, Berna formed the Los Pepes death squad with Judy and the AUC paramilitary to hunt and kill Escobar. Berna served as the link between the Los Pepes and DEA agent Javier Peña, though the relationship was one-sided, favoring Berna.

Due to the actions of Los Pepes, Pablo went into hiding. Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela invited the AUC paramilitary to join the cocaine trade, angering Judy. Judy planned on ratting out all members of the Los Pepes to the press, but later agreed to become an informant for the DEA after the AUC unsuccessfully tried to assassinate her. Berna however did not condone Judy's actions, and met with the leaders of the Cali cartel. With the Cali cartel's CIA connections, Berna forced Judy to become a CIA informant, and made her rat out DEA agent Javier Peña instead of the other narcotraffickers.

He killed Fidel Castano in a way to become the godfather of Medellin in 1994.

After Pablo Escobar's death in December 1993, Berna joined the AUC as a high ranking member to help with cocaine trafficking. He took over the remnants of Escobar's organization and became the new godfather of Medellín, making it one of the safest cities in Colombia. The next year, Peña asked for Berna's help to rescue Christina Jurado; who was held by FARC on the Cali cartel's orders. He agreed to do so, in exchange for striking his name on the DEA most wanted list.

He killed Carlos Castano in 2004.

He was arrested and extradited to United States in 2013.