Criminal organizations similar to or like Medellín Cartel

Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $ billion as of —while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s. Wikipedia

Drug cartel based in southern Colombia, around the city of Cali and the Valle del Cauca Department. Its founders were the brothers Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, and José Santacruz Londoño. Wikipedia

Drug cartel and criminal organization originally founded as an enforcement and collections arm of Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel. Despite being noted for its historical affiliation with drug trafficking and other organized crime activities, Oficina de Envigado's criminal activities were no longer centered on direct involvement in such activity by 2019 and are now mainly focused on providing services to lower level drug traffickers and mafia groups. Wikipedia

Illegal drug trade in Colombia refers to a practice of Colombian criminal groups producing and distributing illegal drugs. Colombia has had four major drug trafficking cartels and several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs which eventually created a new social class and influenced several aspects of Colombian culture and politics. Wikipedia

Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the notorious Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa Brothers and Pablo Escobar. Acknowledged as one of the world's most successful drug dealers. Wikipedia

Mexican theater of the global war on drugs, as led by the U.S. federal government, that has resulted in an ongoing asymmetric low-intensity conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates. To reduce drug-related violence. Wikipedia