| has gloss | eng: The North Coast Cartel was a drug cartel operating in northern Colombia mostly controlling the area of the Colombian Caribbean coast illegal drug trade flow from other regions of Colombia and neighboring countries and local production. The North Coast Cartel was headed by Alberto Orlandez-Gamboa "Caracol" (the snail) who was arrested on June 6, 1998 and extradited later to the United States where he pleaded guilty for numerous drug-related crimes. Other notable members of the North Coast cartel were the Arana Nasser family clan whom owned several assets in Barranquilla some 270 properties including the luxurious Hotel El Prado. The most prominent members of the clan were Sheila Arana and husband Julio Cesar Nasser David, she was captured in Switzerland and then extradited to the United states in September 1994. |