He was arrested on June 6, 1998, and extradited later to the United States where he pleaded guilty for numerous drug-related crimes.
Other notable members of the North Coast cartel were the Nasser Arana family clan who owned several assets in Barranquilla and numerous properties in Barranquilla and The Coast, including the luxurious Hotel El Prado, which is now property of the Colombian government and next to enter into an open tender process.
[1] The most prominent members of the clan were Julio Cesar Nasser David and his ex-wife Sheila Arana Maria (divorced in 1984).
She accepted being responsible for sending to the United States some 30 shipments of cocaine and marijuana between 1976 and 1994, totalizing over a million of tonnes of drugs in that country.
[2][3] After serving time in prison, their son Jorge "Tito" Nasser was killed by gunmen in Barranquilla exiting a local gym 20 days after his acquittal.