Ever since President Álvaro Uribe took office in 2002, the
drug cartels in Colombia have been on their heels. After 30 years of terror and
control, the cartels are a shell of their former organization, and have
continued to fragment into smaller organizations. The DEA and the Colombian National police
have continued to keep the pressure on the cartels, and while they are still in
operation, they do not have near the strength they did even 10 years ago.
