User:Elizabethcastro/Jorge Alberto Rodríguez (disambiguation)

Jorge Alberto Rodriguez Jorge Alberto Rodriguez, also known as Don Cholito born on 19 November 1971 or 19 April 1966 or 8 December 1962; Cedula No. 79290554 (Colombia); Passport 79290554 (Colombia) [SDNT] is a notorious mixed-race Colombian/Puerto Rican drug lord from Bronx, NY who headed The 400 criminal organization, a dismantled secret cell of the Cali Cartel. Pulled into the drug trade at just 12 years old. He left home at age 14 to begin working for his father, Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, who headed the infamous Cali Cartel. By the time he was 18 he had made hundreds of millions shipping drugs in from Colombia to nearly every State in the United States and was one of the most ruthless international drug lords unknown to law enforcement or governments. During that time the nation’s murder rate and cocaine-related hospital emergencies doubled. He was arrested in 1990 in Tallahassee, Florida and sentenced to a 25 year prison terms for a number of federal violations. Following his conviction, Jorge continued to operate his illicit business from behind bars, importing as much as 12,500 kilograms into the U.S. every month, including ordering numerous murders of informants, witnesses and law enforcement officials in the U.S. and in Colombia. He reigned and flourished while incarcerated until he was placed in court-ordered high security isolation in 1994. [10] [11] [12]