North Valley Cartel organization

“The informant being wooed by the DEA agents in Miami, the author's sources said was Jose Nelson Yurrego. He was a major player in the North Valley Cartel, narco-trafficking organization in Colombia. Yurrego might be considered a techno-geek…”

“that had taken over for Medellin and Cali. Vega claims that corrupt U.S. agents are part of the Bogota connection and seriously compromised his role as a government asset in a number of his informants within the Colombian narco network beca…”

“Special Operations Commander in 2001, a Bell helicopter used for the government's cocoa fumigation program was also used by members of the Hinoa Montoya cocaine trafficking organization for an attempted assassination. They sought to target …”

“which helped piece together a long-running DEA, ICE, and CIA operation that involved Panama, Colombia, and Mexico. Urega was a notorious narco-trafficker, according to the DEA's own records. He had been doing work for major Colombian drug o…”

“in Panama for at least three years until his arrest last week. Urega, 53, was arrested on Chaparra Island off the Pacific coast. Police said he was working as a communications chief for the Colombian North Valley cartel, unquote. Urega clai…”

“that had taken over for Medellin and Cali. Vega claims that corrupt U.S. agents are part of the Bogota connection and seriously compromised his role as a government asset in a number of his informants within the Colombian narco network beca…”

“This so-called Devil's Cartel was an alliance of the North Valley cartel traffickers, many of them former Colombian national police officers. You know, the ones I saw on the steps at Fort Benning? Yeah, those guys. Along with some of people…”

“The planned program was extremely successful. Who wouldn't want to do it? It gives you carte blanche to be a narco-trafficker. All in all, Vega convinced and successfully recruited 114 to enter this plea deal program. At least 25 of them we…”