The second season of “Narcos” on Netflix showed how the Cali Cartel took the rag out of the foot of Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel to become Colombia’s new drug kingpins.
The good strategy on the part of the Cali Cartel is that unlike Escobar and his Medellin cartel, the former worked with the Colombian government among other groups to make it look like it was concerned.
Among the groups utilized by the Cali Cartel as shown in Season 2 of “Narcos” was the Los Pepes, which disbanded shortly after the death of Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel.
Reports have it that in the upcoming third season of the TV series, the Colombian government shall be restoring Los Pepes and used the group to give out intelligence reports about the whereabouts of drug lords and the drug trade itself in the country.
Eric Newman, co-showrunner of “Narcos,” also debunked speculations that Cali Cartel stalwart Gilberto Orejuela, played by Damian Alcazar, shall be the focal point of the third season of the TV series.
There were rumors saying that Gilberto Orejuela will be some sort of replacement to Pablo Escobar, played by Brazilian actor Wagner Moura during the first two seasons of “Narcos.”