Riberalta Cartel

Riberalta Cartel is an extremely powerful cartel with a great deal of influence in Peru and Bolivia mainly. It has undergone rapid expansion and is considered to be the strongest competitor against New Medellin Cartel and Bolivar Group. It is known for being more rigidly led and bloodthirsty than other groups, being less prone to compromising with other cartels. Its rigid structure has allowed it to maintain a degree of stability that cartels such as Sao Paulo and New Medellin lack, but its structure has also had downsides. Its insistence on having a specific centre of base in Riberalta resulted in it suffering a large defeat when a massive Bolivian military operation in early 2000 resulted in Riberalta Cartel being expelled from its own hometown, causing great disarray.