The Norte Valle Cartel draws its history back to the legendary “XII Santos” but settled in the north of the Valle del Cuaca Department of Colombia and still bases its central operations from that location. The Norte Calle cartel did not become well known or prominent until the late 1990s after other famed cartels the Cali Cartel and the Medellin Cartel began to disintegrate. Today the Norte Cartel is one of the mightiest and most recognized groups not only inside Colombia’s borders but all over the world. As with most other cartels from Colombia, they mostly deal with cocaine, and their largest consumer is the US.
This institution’s reach extends deep into many other organizations mostly to provide their own protection. They are linked to both right-wing and left-wing illegal armed groups - known to the rest of the world as terrorist groups. The Norte Cartel strongly believes in the wielding of violence whenever necessary if it is for the benefit of their own cause; murdering rivals, punishing those who can not or will not pay, and torturing those believed to be informants or double agents. The violence even infiltrates their own organization as changes in leadership caused massive and ferocious gang warfare that led to the deaths of over 1000 people throughout the region. Violence is part of drug smuggling that reflects upon the movement trend related to Colombian’s drug wars as it spreads from the source uncontrollably.
Picture: Drug Lord, Diego Montoya, of the Norte Cartel
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