Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela
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Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian drug lord best known as one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, which became one of the most powerful cocaine trafficking organizations in the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6624128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Context triple: [Javier Peña, associatedWith, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela]
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A.
Pêro Escobar
Pêro Escobar was a Portuguese navigator and explorer active during the Age of Discovery, known for his participation in early voyages that expanded Portugal’s maritime routes to Africa and Asia.
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B.
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar was a notorious Colombian drug lord who led the Medellín Cartel and became one of the wealthiest and most violent criminals in history.
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C.
Carlos Antonio Carrillo
Carlos Antonio Carrillo was a 19th-century Californio politician who briefly served as the disputed Mexican governor of Alta California in the 1830s.
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D.
Juan José Guzmán
Juan José Guzmán was a 19th-century Salvadoran politician and military leader who became the first president of El Salvador after its separation from the Central American Federation.
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E.
Juan Gualberto Gómez
Juan Gualberto Gómez was a prominent Cuban journalist, political activist, and close collaborator of José Martí in the struggle for Cuba’s independence from Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Target entity description: Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian drug lord best known as one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, which became one of the most powerful cocaine trafficking organizations in the world.
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A.
Pêro Escobar
Pêro Escobar was a Portuguese navigator and explorer active during the Age of Discovery, known for his participation in early voyages that expanded Portugal’s maritime routes to Africa and Asia.
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B.
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar was a notorious Colombian drug lord who led the Medellín Cartel and became one of the wealthiest and most violent criminals in history.
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C.
Carlos Antonio Carrillo
Carlos Antonio Carrillo was a 19th-century Californio politician who briefly served as the disputed Mexican governor of Alta California in the 1830s.
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D.
Juan José Guzmán
Juan José Guzmán was a 19th-century Salvadoran politician and military leader who became the first president of El Salvador after its separation from the Central American Federation.
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E.
Juan Gualberto Gómez
Juan Gualberto Gómez was a prominent Cuban journalist, political activist, and close collaborator of José Martí in the struggle for Cuba’s independence from Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal
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drug lord ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Colombia
ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| arrested | 1995 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera
ⓘ
linked to:
Hélmer Herrera
José Santacruz Londoño ⓘ |
| businessModel | low-profile, corruption-based strategy rather than open violence ⓘ |
| convictedIn |
United States federal court
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. federal courts
|
| convictedOf |
conspiracy to import cocaine
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Colombia ⓘ |
| criminalOrganization | Cali Cartel ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-08-15 ⓘ |
| era | late 20th century ⓘ |
| extraditedTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| extraditionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Rodríguez Orejuela
ⓘ
linked to:
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
|
| fieldOfActivity |
cocaine trafficking
ⓘ
money laundering ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Miguel ⓘ |
| hasChild | William Rodríguez Abadía ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
international cocaine distribution to the United States
ⓘ
smuggling cocaine to Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building a sophisticated, business-like drug trafficking network
ⓘ
challenging the Medellín Cartel in the international cocaine trade ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela ⓘ |
| nationality | Colombian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | dismantling of the Cali Cartel following his arrest ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership of the Cali Cartel ⓘ |
| opposedOrganization | Medellín Cartel ⓘ |
| partOf | Cali Cartel leadership ⓘ |
| placeOfArrest |
Cali, Colombia
ⓘ
linked to:
Cali
|
| placeOfBirth |
Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia
ⓘ
linked to:
San Sebastián de Mariquita
|
| plea | guilty ⓘ |
| role | co-leader of the Cali Cartel ⓘ |
| sentence | 30 years in U.S. federal prison ⓘ |
| sibling | Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela ⓘ |
| spouse | Margarita Serrano de Rodríguez ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
corruption of politicians and law enforcement
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front companies for money laundering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Description of subject: Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela is a Colombian drug lord best known as one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, which became one of the most powerful cocaine trafficking organizations in the world.
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