That was the other thing. Meanwhile, the cartel bosses launched an internal blood bath targeting other extraditables. In 1989, he was summoned by the Carli cartel to a meeting. Dr. Jorge Salcedo, MD is a Family Medicine Specialist in Cedar Park, TX. BOSTON An Oxford man pleaded guilty on Feb. 2, 2023 in federal court in Worcester to using another individuals name and Social Security number to fraudulently obtain a federal BOSTON A supervisor for the U.S. Finally the raucous strangers attracted so much attention, including television news coverage, that Salcedo was forced to scrap yet another mission. The Colombian drug lords Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, 63, and Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, 67, entered guilty pleas and were ushered off to federal prison for the next 30 years -- no Miami Vice-like dramatics, no bodies riddled with gunfire in the manner of Medellin rival Pablo Escobar. They told him his skills were required to end Escobars reign of terror and to help protect them and their families. Furthermore, the U.S. drug agents were armed, a violation of Colombian law. We don't have one chance with these killers. He was relocated to the U.S. along with his wife and children in 1995 and taken into the federal witness protection program. Key operatives were arrested and had to be bribed, or killed, to keep silent. Fortunately, I had the means to start a company. But the first five years, I was dedicated to helping my family, to help them accommodate to the lifestyle of the United States. And the [Colombian] army was very impressed as well, so I received training and helped the military as well. The drug bosses there, engaged at the time in a vicious feud with Escobar and the Medellin, summoned the 41-year-old engineer to visit. 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In 2018, Salcedo agreed with Singer and Khosroshahin to recruit the son of another client of Singers to the UCLA mens soccer team despite the fact that the student did not play soccer competitively. Salcedo insisted the drug lord was there. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. I always got to appointments first, to check the security around and make sure there wasn't an ambush or anything. The former Jorge Salcedo remains in hiding -- his location unknown even to his lawyer -- somewhere in the United States. So I got into the meeting, and I was able to tell him what was happening [with the police], so I was able to earn his trust. Lauren Isackson was listed as a midfielder on the teams roster for the 2017 season but had zero soccer experienceand never set foot on the field during a game, prosecutors said. More than 40 people have plead guilty in connection with the sweeping Operation Varsity Blues federal investigation. The Orejuela brothers promptly absorbed the Medellin cartel and ultimately controlled 80 percent of the international cocaine market. One of the few who consistently knew where to find them was Salcedo. Another attempt with a car bomb succeeded only in injuring one of Escobars children. Federal prosecutor Edward R. Ryan called the defection a shock and a very personal betrayal to the Cali bosses, leaving the man marked for death. Then he got another opportunity and called his DEA contacts in Bogota. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. From deep inside the U.S. witness-protection program, the official has shared his story in conversations with the Los Angeles Times. With two U.S. agents, the team of Colombian national police poured silently into the building. I started hearing screaming. It seemed sometimes that they all had their hands out. He was secretly dispatched to Europe by military leaders to assemble a team of mercenaries. As Colombian citizens, the Orejuela brothers could not be extradited to the United States. His only possible escape was to bargain with the DEA and betray his cartel bosses. First, some background: I used to be Jorge Salcedo. [3][pageneeded] His resignation was denied by Miguel Rodrguez Orejuela, and he was forced to continue his relationship with the cartel. I wasn't there, but I had people who were actually in the execution of these things. entrevista realizada por La W a quien fuera por varios aos jefe de seguridad de Miguel Rodrguez Orejuela, Jorge Salcedo. That was attempt number one [to arrest Miguel]. It bought time. It was an absurd idea. He held degrees in mechanical engineering and industrial economics. One day in the summer of 1994, Salcedo was dispatched along with the cartels chief enforcer to a farmhouse outside Cali. Within a few months, about 130 people were indicted. And as the season goes on, it becomes clear that one man is at the center of all this drama: Jorge Salcedo, the real-life cartel informant played by Swedish-born, Spanish-heritage actor Matias. And they had all read the book, but I was interested that they knew me personally. In addition to living quarters, it contained a large swimming pool, a tennis court and half of a soccer field. Miguel Orejuela was extradited to Florida in 2005, a year after Gilberto. Thanks to Salcedo, the entire Cali cartel hierarchy was extradited. He also directed the raiding party to a desk in one of the rooms. He started his career designing . THE compound of Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela filled a city block. He dialed the CIA in Virginia. Only through the recruitment of his wife did Guillermo agree to leave. Across town, Salcedos pager went off. A former men's soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison after admitting he accepted $200,000 in bribes to facilitate the admission of two students as fake athletic recruits. But whatever it was, I got the picture. He stayed close to Miguel and his family, sharing car rides and meeting with them alone to let his vulnerability erode suspicions. The ploy deflected suspicion. Jorge Salcedo is a Colombian civil engineer who worked in the Army during the 1980s. He saw traitors everywhere.. [3][pageneeded][2]. The son was an officer in the army reserves, but he regarded himself more as an engineer than a soldier. As the head of security for the Cali Cartel and an eventual informant whose work nearly singlehandedly brought down the whole cartel, Salcedo (played by Matias Varela) and his story are central to the show. Abcarian: Mask mandates? Meanwhile, Salcedo beefed up security for the Orejuela brothers and their extended families -- a mother, four sisters, in-laws, wives and children. [3][pageneeded] On August6, Salcedo and the DEA collaborated on another assault on Miguel, this time on the Hacienda Buenos Aires. The drug boss had just been rescued from an escape vault with the help of a local police captain. Local police helped. One night, a police raid was scheduled to arrest Pallomari at a hiding place. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. After Escobar was killed by national police in 1993, Salcedo considered his duty with the Cali Cartel completed, and attempted to resign. Waiting at a rural airstrip for the dawn arrival of a cargo plane from Cali to retrieve the illicit munitions, Salcedo was distressed to see an executive jet swoop out of the clouds. I told them it was unlikely to succeed. Furthermore, the American drug agents were armed, a violation of Colombian law. But the British mercenaries, waiting months for orders to attack, got bored and rowdy. Yes, well, William Rodriguez was his oldest son and his successor. It doesn't make sense that I'm going to go kill a killer. I came here to protect you and your family, but I left my business behind, so I'm done." There were suspicions of a leak, Salcedo said. Just hide, have many places, change routes and change communications, and create a kind of a wrong idea of where you are. And I know that Mexico, like Colombia, cant succeed against its drug gangs without choking off much of the bribery and intimidation that sustain them. And what do you think? THE wonkish, soft-spoken family man was an unlikely drug gang recruit. He told me, "You get there first just to make sure the road is clear is safe for me." While the scheme was initially designed to be a surprise, bureaucracy led to a prolonged siege of the apartment which ended without an arrest. So I established connections with very high-level companies in Great Britain. The pilot was killed. Rich L.A. homeowners are snapping them up, Review: A reimagined Secret Garden fails to flower anew at the Ahmanson Theatre, Column: Supreme Court conservatives may want to block student loan forgiveness. Founder Mr. Salcedo is the founder and proprietor of Salcedo Attorneys at Law P.A. Later he ran an oil recovery business. I also left a home, a country, friends, family, even my past. William Rodrguez Orejuela, Miguel's son, suspected Salcedo to be the leak, and reassigned Jorge's responsibilities. Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, are among those jailed in the scandal. Jorge Salcedo, 47, admitted to participating in the college admissions bribery scheme involving TV celebrities, other wealthy parents and elite universities across the country. Finally, Escobar was sent to prison. I am dead.. Local police helped. Fungus fed by Jack Daniels encrusts a Tennessee town, In an epic battle of tanks, Russia was routed, repeating earlier mistakes, Yosemite breaks decades-old snowfall record, closes indefinitely, 'Havana syndrome' not caused by energy weapon or foreign adversary, intelligence review finds. On a cartel radiophone he overheard a call between Miguel and his son, William. The raiding party that hit Miguels door the next morning included two DEA agents and a search team under Gen. Jose Serrano, chief of the Colombian national police. But descending through a cloud bank, one of the choppers hit a mountaintop. 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