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After Escobar
Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History
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After Escobar
Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History
About this book
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.
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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0Table of contents
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Prologue: The Head of the Serpent
- Chapter 1: Bienvenidos a Colombia!
- Chapter 2: The Godfathers of Cali
- Chapter 3: The Cartel Wars: Cali vs MedellÃn
- Chapter 4: The Cali KGB
- Chapter 5: The Supercomputer
- Chapter 6: The Narco-Cassettes
- Chapter 7: The Accountant
- Chapter 8: Behind Enemy Lines
- Chapter 9: A Narco-Democracy
- Chapter 10: The Caravelle Capers
- Chapter 11: Unilateral Action
- Chapter 12: Targets of Opportunity
- Chapter 13: Money Talks
- Chapter 14: Pardo’s Letter
- Chapter 15: Checkmate
- Chapter 16: Hunting Don Miguel
- Chapter 17: The Domino Effect
- Chapter 18: Down Goes Chepe
- Chapter 19: Field of Dreams
- Chapter 20: A Gold Mine
- Chapter 21: Lights Out
- Chapter 22: Cease and Desist
- Chapter 23: You Wanna Do What?
- Chapter 24: The Boys Are Back in Town
- Chapter 25: Coming Out Party
- Chapter 26: Our Big Break
- Chapter 27: One Last Shot
- Chapter 28: The Accountant’s Wife
- Chapter 29: Defection
- Chapter 30: Please Don’t Go
- Chapter 31: Now What?
- Chapter 32: A Dangerous Time
- Chapter 33: The Shadow
- Chapter 34: The Great Escape
- Chapter 35: The Last Don
- Epilogue: After Cali
- Author’s Note
- Bibliography
- About the Authors