Search Details

Word: supercartel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...smooth, sophisticated and low-profile organization, will simply walk away from a monopoly that brings in $9 billion a year. More likely, say several DEA officials, the Rodriguez Orejuelas and other Cali families will mend fences with the surviving members of Escobar's Medellin network, joining together in a supercartel more formidable than anything Colombia has yet seen. "We believe that it's going to be one big happy family down there," says a senior DEA official, "the most powerful criminal organization in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escobar's Dead End | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

| 1 |