Los Pachenca
activecartelOrigin: Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia · aka Autodefensas Conquistadores de la Sierra Nevada, ACSN
Notes
Controls the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta — coca cultivation, marijuana, cocaine logistics to Caribbean shipping routes. Heavy tourism extortion in Santa Marta and Tayrona Park. Ongoing clashes with Clan del Golfo for Caribbean transit corridors. US Treasury OFAC sanctioned for narcotics trafficking 2021.
Leadership
Successor to Hernán Giraldo Serna's paramilitary network; Giraldo extradited 2008.
Primary activities
cocainemarijuanatourism extortionextortion