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The Snitch Cartel (2011)

The Snitch Cartel poster
Original title
El cártel de los sapos
Directed by
Carlos Moreno
Genre
crime film
Country
Colombia
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 92 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former drug dealer tells his story inside the Cali Cartel and the Norte del Valle Cartel in Colombia. The film follows his rise and the dangers he faces in the drug trade.

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What happens

The Snitch Cartel (Spanish: El Cartel de los Sapos) is a 2011 Colombian crime film directed by Carlos Moreno. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but did not make the final shortlist. The film, like the 2008 Caracol TV series El Cartel, is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Andrés López López, alias Florecita ("Little Flower"), a former drug dealer who, while in prison, wrote the fictionalized account of his experiences in the Cali Cartel and of what happened within the Norte del Valle Cartel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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