Evaristo Porras Ardila was one of the top Colombian cocaine trafficker, and regarded as one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel.[1][2][3][4] Currently incarcerated, he had strong influence in Leticia, the capital of the Amazonas region of Colombia. Porras is suspected to have been the head of the Leticia-Tabatinga cartel organized crime syndicate.
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- ^ "Drug-Cartel Aide, Arrested, Is Now in a Colombian Jail". The New York Times. October 3, 1989. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/world/drug-cartel-aide-arrested-is-now-in-a-colombian-jail.html?n=Top%2FNews%2FWorld%2FCountries%20and%20Territories%2FEcuador. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ "4 injured as 5 bombs go off in Colombia". Deseret News. October 2, 1989. http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/66194/4-INJURED-AS-5-BOMBS-GO-OFF-IN-COLOMBIA.html. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ "Is Ecuador holding a drug lord?". Deseret News. October 1, 1989. http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/66188/IS-ECUADOR-HOLDING-A-DRUG-LORD.html. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
- ^ "Colombia drug figure arrested in Ecuador". Chicago Tribune. October 1, 1989. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24571043.html?dids=24571043:24571043&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+01%2C+1989&author=Chicago+Tribune+wires.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Colombia+drug+figure+arrested+in+Ecuador&pqatl=google. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
