Colombian Prime Time TV Gives Insight into Cartel Operations

BOGOTA -- The highest-rated TV show in Colombia follows a rather grim plot line: Boy meets girl. Boy smuggles tons of cocaine. Longtime pals betray each other. Everyone ends up dead or in jail.

Based on a former trafficker's tell-all book, the series provides an insider's look at the Norte del Valle cartel, one of the most feared drug organizations in Colombia today. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the cartel has exported more than 500 metric tons of cocaine to the United States at a profit of more than $10 billion.

The Cartel of the Snitches exposes a Colombian underworld in which decade-long friendships are sacrificed for a shipment of cocaine, corrupt police take orders from traffickers while other officers are outsmarted, and women plot with lovers to kill their husbands. Every episode sees at least one person killed.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/story/605293.html

By miamimike on Jul 15, 2008, 09:43 in Friendly Talkzone.

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Brians says on Jul 15, 2008, 10:00: I wonder if they will show this on Characol 0 funny, 0 helpful.

Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 15, 2008, 10:03: Who is the "country's top model" that married the (now) dismembered narco? 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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