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Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela

1939 - 2022

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Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian drug lord and one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel. Orejuela formed the cartel with his brother, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, José Santacruz Londoño, and Hélmer Herrera. The cartel emerged to prominence in the early 1990s, and was estimated to control about 80% of the American and 90% of the European cocaine markets in the mid-1990s. Rodríguez Orejuela was captured after a 1995 police campaign by Colombian authorities and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela is the 5,275th most popular politician (down from 4,424th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Colombian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 5,275 out of 19,576. Before him are Étienne Mourrut, Peter Stuyvesant, Gerberga of Saxony, Franz Seldte, Gaius Marius the Younger, and Duke Xiao of Qin. After him are Tughlugh Timur, Milo Đukanović, Chen Shui-bian, Parysatis, Emperor Shengzong of Liao, and Timoleon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 86. Before him are Richard Serra, Fikret Abdić, Dion DiMucci, Barry Seal, Étienne Mourrut, and Scott Glenn. After him are Helmut Haller, Ruggero Deodato, Fritjof Capra, Eugene Fama, Yoshinobu Ishii, and Boris Kolker. Among people deceased in 2022, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 87. Before him are Fred Ward, Klaus Schulze, Cláudio Hummes, Catherine Spaak, Eric Walter Elst, and Evaristo Carvalho. After him are Ruggero Deodato, Boris Pahor, Scott Hall, Viktor Saneyev, Wim Jansen, and Leonel Sánchez.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 13 out of 356. Before him are Andrés Escobar (1967), César Gaviria (1947), René Higuita (1966), Carlos Valderrama (1961), Gustavo Petro (1960), and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943). After him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Pedro López (1948), Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913), Sofía Vergara (1972), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), and Luis Garavito (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Colombia

Among politicians born in Colombia, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ranks 5. Before him are Juan Manuel Santos (1951), César Gaviria (1947), Gustavo Petro (1960), and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (1943). After him are Álvaro Uribe (1952), Luis Carlos Galán (1943), Francisco de Paula Santander (1792), Virgilio Barco Vargas (1921), Julio César Turbay Ayala (1916), Belisario Betancur (1923), and Ernesto Samper (1950).

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