La Corporación

La Corporación
Founded1970s
FounderRoberto Suárez Gómez
Founding locationBolivia
Years active1970s-1990
EthnicityBolivians
ActivitiesDrug trafficking and smuggling, money laundering, murder, assassination, political corruption
AlliesBolivian military junta
Medellín Cartel
Mexican drug cartels
Contras
RivalsDEA
Bolivian constitutional government

La Corporación ("The Corporation"), also known as the Santa Ana Cartel, was a Bolivian drug cartel and criminal organization, headed in the 1970s and 1980s by notorious drug lord Roberto Suárez Gómez, known as the "King of Cocaine".

"La Corporación" was founded in the 1970s by several drug traffickers and transnational criminals. After the 1980 coup d'état, "La Corporación" received political protection from the Bolivian military dictatorship, effectively making Bolivia a narco-state, and became one of the largest cocaine producers in the world. They were allied with several Mexican and Colombian drug cartels and had a notable presence in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.