On Monday, January 12, Carlos Orense Azócar, a key figure in the Cartel of the Suns, was sentenced in the Southern District Court of New York after being found guilty of serious drug trafficking offenses…
Carlos Eduardo Orense Azócar has a secret plan: to collaborate with U.S. justice and become a witness in the trials of the main leaders of the cartel currently controlling the Venezuelan state. The Cartel of…
Following in the footsteps of the Chavista narcogeneral, Hugo Carvajal Barrios, Cliver Alcalá Cordones, a member of the Cartel of the Suns and sentenced to 21 years in prison, wrote a letter to the President…
On October 21, 2025, the plenary session of the Colombian House of Representatives approved a proposition that publicly declares the Cartel of the Suns as “a transnational drug trafficking organization and financier of terrorism” that…
The drug lord chose to go to trial rather than reach a deal with the prosecution. He never considered becoming a collaborator with the Justice Department. He went to trial, was found guilty, and now…