[2] Upon coming of age, Lopez was later nicknamed 'Florecita' ('Little Flower'), due to his sybaritic way of dressing, and in the early 1990s, he set up his own cocaine laboratory.
Lopez was a mid-level commander of the Norte del Valle Cartel and was known to be a peaceful man who only wanted to make money in the drug trafficking business.
He later married former beauty queen María del Socorro Patiño, who had previously been reluctant to accept López's life of crime and with whom he had two children.
However, Henao continued to commit crimes while López occasionally helped some friends involved in drug trafficking, which led to his temporary separation from his wife.
[5][6] After leaving prison, Lopez dedicated himself to revealing the secrets of drug trafficking through several published books, among which are 'El Cartel de los Sapos' (The Snitch Cartel) and Las Fantasticas (The Fantastic Girls), both taken to television by the librettist Juan Camilo Ferrand for Caracol Television.