
MATARIFE — Season 1

At breakfast, Salvatore Mancuso was observed by several people, completing his coffee by the pool on the upper level of Club el Nogal. Meanwhile, Marta Lucía Ramírez was engaged in a meeting with paramilitary figures. Details of these event…

Are there circumstances where an individual is not directly responsible for a crime, nor involved in its planning or execution? Could it be that someone unknowingly contributes to a wrongdoing, yet still bears significant culpability? This …

An abundance of wealth and influence can foster troubling tendencies in individuals. We explore this phenomenon here.

An abundance of wealth and influence can breed troubling tendencies in individuals. We explore this phenomenon here.

It was Iván Duque Márquez, the president appointed by Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who first publicly condemned the Matarife as a man of the mafia. The revelation came as a surprise to us all.

It was Iván Duque Márquez, the president appointed by Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who first publicly condemned the Matarife as a man of the mafia. The revelation came as a surprise to us all.

It was Iván Duque Márquez, the president appointed by Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who first publicly condemned the Matarife as a man of the mafia. The revelation came as a surprise to us all.

Beside the children’s play area in the El Nogal pool, the Clan Mafioso de los Cifuentes Villa held afternoon meetings with prominent businessmen from Bogotá's upper echelons and influential landowners. This is the story of those gatherings.

Within the walls of his palace, one glimpses the lingering shadow of the Matarife – the genocide Colombia avoids acknowledging.

In his memoir, "My Life in the World of Horses," Fabio Ochoa, the cartel's elder statesman, meticulously details the shared ancestry between his own family and that of Uribe Vélez. He asserts a direct lineage, tracing their roots back to th…
He was born into the world of the Mafia, steeped in its ways from infancy. She shaped him, taught him, and molded him to its demands.
Uribe Vélez's ascent to the mayoralty stemmed from a peculiar origin: his father's acquisition of an exorbitant artwork at a fundraising exhibition benefiting President Belisario Betancur's campaign.
On June 14th, 1983, a heavily armed guerrilla commando infiltrated the Guacharacas hacienda, where Alberto Uribe Sierra was killed.
