Bolivian drug cartel and criminal organization founded in the 1970s by Roberto Suárez Gómez. It became one of the world's largest cocaine producers, especially after the 1980 coup d'état that gave it political protection. The cartel supplied the Medellín Cartel and was active until the early 1990s.
CRIMENET has extracted 9 linkages for this organization, including 7 cooperative ties across 4 organizations, 2 conflicts across 1 organization and footprints in 2 countries.
Because of the relationship with Suárez and Pablo Escobar , "La Corporación" became a major supplier to the Medellín Cartel . Drugs were smuggled from the cocaine labs in the Bolivian Amazon to Colombia, selling at $9,000 per kilo.
who continued to smuggle drugs into the United States and began a major drug-trafficking operation in Southern California until his arrest in 1990.