From Street Vendors to Cartago's Most Powerful Narco Gang: the Story of Los Maruja

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A decade they needed Los Maruja to consolidate themselves as the most powerful drug gang in Carthage. The brothers went from being two simple drug dealers in Vista Hermosa de Oreamuno, to running the group that spread tentacles throughout the canton, the entire area of the Diques, Llanos de Santa Lucía and Orosi. “In Los Maruja everything moves by what Julio and Marito say, no one gets killed without being ordered and God saves! you jump them,” …