After Escobar
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After Escobar

Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History

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eBook - ePub

After Escobar

Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History

About this book

BookFest Awards, First Place, Nonfiction—True Crime
Fall 2025—Readers’ Choice Book Award: Gold Winner, Adult Nonfiction
Best Book Awards—True Crime: Nonfiction Winner, 2025

Renowned DEA agents Chris Feistl and Dave Mitchell tell the incredible true story of how they helped dismantle the world’s single most powerful crime syndicate, as featured in Season 3 of the hit Netflix series Narcos.

By the early 1990s, Colombia’s Cali cartel had become what the former head of the DEA Thomas Constantine referred to as “The biggest and most powerful crime syndicate in history.” Responsible for nearly 85% of the cocaine that reached U.S. soil and 90% worldwide, they were untouchable, earning billions of dollars all while maintaining their reputation as ‘The Godfathers of Cali” and brazenly corrupting thousands of Colombian authorities and government officials, even “buying” the outcome of the 1994 presidential election.

In 1994, the DEA sent young operatives Chris Feistl and Dave Mitchell to Colombia with one formidable task: help Colombian authorities take down the ruthless leaders of the brutal Cali cartel. Not any easy job for two men who looked more like tall, lanky surfers than DEA agents: standing well over six feet tall and only six years removed from the DEA Academy, they were the epitome of conspicuous in a city where most residents rarely, if ever, saw an American in person. Many of their colleagues feared for their safety, openly questioning their ability to blend in.

Their almost three-year journey would lead them from the bureaucratic halls of the U.S. Embassy to the violent streets of Cali and deep into its rural sugar cane fields, on high alert day and night as they dodged deadly cartel assassins and oftentimes worked unilaterally to battle the unprecedented corruption within Colombia’s security forces. Over time their relentless efforts began to slowly degrade the godfathers’ defenses and weaken their infrastructure.

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Prologue: The Head of the Serpent
  5. Chapter 1: Bienvenidos a Colombia!
  6. Chapter 2: The Godfathers of Cali
  7. Chapter 3: The Cartel Wars: Cali vs MedellĂ­n
  8. Chapter 4: The Cali KGB
  9. Chapter 5: The Supercomputer
  10. Chapter 6: The Narco-Cassettes
  11. Chapter 7: The Accountant
  12. Chapter 8: Behind Enemy Lines
  13. Chapter 9: A Narco-Democracy
  14. Chapter 10: The Caravelle Capers
  15. Chapter 11: Unilateral Action
  16. Chapter 12: Targets of Opportunity
  17. Chapter 13: Money Talks
  18. Chapter 14: Pardo’s Letter
  19. Chapter 15: Checkmate
  20. Chapter 16: Hunting Don Miguel
  21. Chapter 17: The Domino Effect
  22. Chapter 18: Down Goes Chepe
  23. Chapter 19: Field of Dreams
  24. Chapter 20: A Gold Mine
  25. Chapter 21: Lights Out
  26. Chapter 22: Cease and Desist
  27. Chapter 23: You Wanna Do What?
  28. Chapter 24: The Boys Are Back in Town
  29. Chapter 25: Coming Out Party
  30. Chapter 26: Our Big Break
  31. Chapter 27: One Last Shot
  32. Chapter 28: The Accountant’s Wife
  33. Chapter 29: Defection
  34. Chapter 30: Please Don’t Go
  35. Chapter 31: Now What?
  36. Chapter 32: A Dangerous Time
  37. Chapter 33: The Shadow
  38. Chapter 34: The Great Escape
  39. Chapter 35: The Last Don
  40. Epilogue: After Cali
  41. Author’s Note
  42. Bibliography
  43. About the Authors