This summary of articles deals with the Orejuela brothers, Gilberto and
Miguel Rodriguez, the leaders of the infamous Cali drug cartel found in Colombia.
The two brothers have been drug trafficking for many years, but this journal
chronicles their attempt to control the Colombian government over the past several
months.
The brothers were caught for drug trafficking late in the summer of 1995 and
were sentenced to 9 and 10 years with a chance of a 50% reduction for working while
in prison. That possible 50% reduction is thanks to a law they lobbied for. …
