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The Cast of Characters Michael Abbell. American lawyer and former U.S. lustice Department official who represented the Cali Cartel. Harold Ackerman. Miami-based manager for the Cali Cartel, who was dubbed the "Cali Cartel's ambassador to the United States." Alvaro de Jesus Aguela. Bodyguard to Pablo Escobar. Freddie Aguilera. Cali Cartel operative who, under Santacruz Londono's direc- tion, supervised the cocaine processing labs that the Cartel began setting up in the United States in 1984. Crescencio Arcos. U.S. State Department official who met with Ernesto Samper in the spring of 1994. Fanor Arizabaleta. One of the Cali Cartel's seven top leaders who was captured in 1995. Tulio E. Ayerbe. The investigation of this Cali Cartel operative uncovered the Cartel's operation in Alabama in 1981. Virgilio Barco. President of Colombia from 1986 to 1990. Belisario Betancourt Cuertas. President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. Alexandro Bernal-Madrigal (aka "Juvenal"). He was a Bogota-based drug trans- portation coordinator. Alexander Blarek. American interior designer who worked for Chepe Santacruz and his wife and was later convicted of money laundering for the Cali Cartel. Fernando Botero. Defense minister during the Ernesto Samper administration who was implicated in the narco cassette scandal. Peter Bourne. Drug policy advisor and special assistant for health issues in Pres- ident limmy Carter's administration.