After Escobar: Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History

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 US soil and 90% worldwide, they were untouchable.They brazenly corruptedthousands of Colombian authorities and government officials, even buying the outcome of the 1994 presidential election.

That same year, the DEA sent young operatives Chris Feistl and Dave M...