The Snitch Cartel

{{Infobox film

| name = The Snitch Cartel

| image = The Snitch Cartel.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Carlos Moreno

| producer = Manolo Cardona

| based_on = El cartel de los sapos by Andrés López López

| writer = Luiso Berdejo
Juan Camilo Ferrand

| starring = Manolo Cardona

| cinematography = Mateo Londono

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2011|11|11|df=yes}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = Colombia

| language = Spanish

| budget =

| gross = $2.1 million{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=snitchcartel.htm |title=The Snitch Cartel (2013) |publisher=Box Office Mojo }}

}}

The Snitch Cartel ({{langx|es|El Cartel de los Sapos}}) is a 2011 Colombian crime film directed by Carlos Moreno. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but did not make the final shortlist.{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059588/ |title=Colombia's 'Cartel' up for Oscar consideration | date=20 September 2012 |access-date=21 September 2012 |work=Variety |publisher=Reed Business Information |last=De La Fuente |first=Anna Marie }}

The film, like the 2008 Caracol TV series El Cartel, is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Andrés López López, alias Florecita ("Little Flower"), a former drug dealer who, while in prison, wrote the fictionalized account of his experiences in the Cali Cartel and of what happened within the Norte del Valle Cartel.{{cite news|work=Latin Times|url=http://www.latintimes.com/andres-lopez-lopez-journey-colombian-drug-lord-turned-bestselling-author-el-cartel-de-los-sapos-and|title=Lifestyle: Andres Lopez Lopez: The Journey Of A Colombian Drug Lord Turned Bestselling Author Of 'El Cartel De Los Sapos' And The Upcoming 'Lord Of The Skies' PROFILE INTERVIEW|author=Iaconangelo, David|date=7 August 2013|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612190309/https://www.latintimes.com/andres-lopez-lopez-journey-colombian-drug-lord-turned-bestselling-author-el-cartel-de-los-sapos-and|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=ANDRES LOPEZ EXPOSES THE COLOMBIAN CARTELS |author=Elfrink, Tim|date=10 February 2011| work=Miami New Times|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/andres-lopez-exposes-the-colombian-cartels-6379735}}

Plot

Two friends enter the illegal drugs business, one of them is a lower class boy, Martin, alias Strawberry, a smart and skilled young man seeking to earn money to gain the attention of his childhood love, Sophia.

His new boss, Óscar Cadena, makes a plan to take down the powerful Medellin Cartel, that is headed by the infamous don Pablo Escobar, while Martin moves up fast in the syndicate, becoming a vital part of the growing North Valley Cartel, he begins a turbulent life in the midst of a cartel war which he is uncanny to take part in, forcing him to move to Mexico looking for allies while struggling between the money and power that he now has, and becoming a sapo (snitch) for the DEA, to protect his beloved Sofia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/andres-lopez-exposes-the-colombian-cartels-6379735|title=Andres Lopez exposes the Colombian cartels|first=Tim|last=Elfrink|date=10 February 2011|website=Miami New Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latintimes.com/andres-lopez-lopez-journey-colombian-drug-lord-turned-bestselling-author-el-cartel-de-los-sapos-and|title=Andres Lopez Lopez: The Journey Of A Colombian Drug Lord Turned Bestselling Author Of 'El Cartel De Los Sapos' And The Upcoming 'Lord Of The Skies' [PROFILE INTERVIEW]|first1=David Iaconangelo|last1=Aug 7 2013|first2=09:54am|last2=Edt|date=7 August 2013|website=Latin Times|access-date=6 September 2019|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612190309/https://www.latintimes.com/andres-lopez-lopez-journey-colombian-drug-lord-turned-bestselling-author-el-cartel-de-los-sapos-and|url-status=dead}}

Cast

Manolo Cardona as Martin
Tom Sizemore as DEA Agent Sam Mathews
Juana Acosta as Sofia
Kuno Becker as Damian
Diego Cadavid as Pepe Cadena
Robinson Díaz as "El Cabo"
Julian Arango as Guadana
Andrés Parra as Anestesia
Fernando Solórzano as Oscar Cadena
Juan Pablo Raba as Pirulo
Ilja Rosendahl as Prison Guard
Jhonny Rivera as Antonio Villegas
Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Mexican Drug Lord Modesto{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/snitch-cartel-film-review-390628|title=The Snitch Cartel: Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 November 2012 }}

Associated media

In addition to the aforementioned 2008 book that inspired both the 2011 film and the 2008 TV series, Lopez has written several additional books about his and his associates' experiences in the drug trade.{{cite web|website=Goodreads|title=Author profile|url=

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4489534.Andr_s_L_pez_L_pez}}