Examines the Latin American drug cartels and primarily focuses on Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, who was the onetime boss of the Cali, a Colombian cartel. He has expanded manufacturing and smuggling operations of cocaine, and also continued a Colombian tradition of bribing, and or killing government officials. Orejuela became a major player in a North American smuggling operation following the death of Medillin chief Pablo Escobar in 1993. He is said to personally bring in more than $4 billion a year.
