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- A wily Colombian drug kingpin known as “ The Chess Player ” has died in a US prison. Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, who as head of the Cali cartel once controlled as much as 80 per cent of the world’s cocaine trade, died of an illness at a jail in North Carolina, according to his family.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/gilberto-rodriguez-orejuela-dead-chess-b2092902.htmlColombian drug lord known as ‘The Chess Player’ dies in US ...
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Rodríguez Orejuela was captured after a 1995 police campaign by Colombian authorities and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He obtained early release in 2002, and was re-arrested in 2003, after which he was extradited to the United States. There, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, where he died in 2022. Early life. [edit]
Jun 2, 2022 · Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, who with his younger brother Miguel built and operated a globe-spanning cocaine empire from their hometown of Cali, Colombia, until their arrest and extradition to...
Jun 2, 2022 · Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, the notorious former leader of Colombia’s drug trafficking Cali Cartel, has died in a US prison at the age of 83, his lawyer has said. Rodriguez Orejuela was...
Jun 1, 2022 · Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela died in prison in North Carolina, his attorney said. He and his brother Miguel built a huge criminal enterprise that succeeded the Medellín cartel.
Jun 2, 2022 · The former head of Colombia's once-powerful Cali drugs cartel has died in prison in the United States. At one point, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela controlled the vast majority of the world's...
Jun 2, 2022 · Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, 83, died on Tuesday while serving a 30-year drug trafficking sentence. Rodriguez, who was sometimes known by his alias the Chess Player, led the cartel which once controlled 80% of the global cocaine market, according to a contemporary report from the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
Jun 1, 2022 · Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, a former leader of Colombia's once-powerful Cali cartel, has died in the United States while serving a 30-year drug trafficking sentence, his family said on...
