The film version of el Cartel de los Sapos opening May 2011 and starring Manolo Cardona and Tom Sizemore, presents the inside story of Colombia's drug world as told by Carmelo, a key player in the Norte del Valle Cartel.As the son of a hired gunman, Carmelo grew up to become chief of security for Diego Montoya, head of the notorious Norte del Valle Cartel. The key position he played within the extradited drug lord's organization allowed him to be a privileged witness and leading player in the war that consumed the cartel.The book walks the reader through each and every aspect of Montoya's drug empire, from the workings of the dangerous "kitchens," (drug labs) reconnaissance missions for new drug routes to evade the authorities, and the shocking links to members of Colombia's Fuerza Pública as well as renowned politicians.El cartel de los sapos 2 unveils previously unknown aspects of the relationship between the drug mafias and paramilitary groups, the role the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (or AUC, in Spanish), and the internal conflicts during the Santa Fe de Ralito summit. The story also throws some light into the possible authors of the assassination of presidential candidate Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in November of 1995, and reveals who ordered-and who carried out-the murder of Wilber Varela, alias Jabón, one of the most prominent leaders of the drug cartel, and the murder of Danilo González, the former police chief who retired from the force to sell his expertise to high ranking drug dealers.The story is so accurately portrayed, readers will feel they are live witnesses of a world where the price for a transgression is a life, and the fight for power and territory is synonymous with bloodbath. It also explains the origin of the merciless war which, in the end, led to the capture of the drunk and miserly Diego Montoya and the end of the Norte del Valle Cartel.

Andrés López López (Cali, Colombia 1971) tras ingresar al mundo tenebroso del narcotráfico como miembro del Cartel del Norte del Valle, decide entregarse a la justicia norteamericana en el año 2001. Desde su celda, Andrés decide narrar su historia y la de aquellos que integraron uno de los grupos más peligrosos de su país. Su libro El Cartel de los Sapos se convirtió en un éxito de ventas y dio origen a una serie de televisión con el mismo nombre , que fue un fenómeno televisivo. Ahora, ya no desde la oscuridad de una celda, sino desde el escritorio de su casa, Andrés se dedica a escribir tanto para la televisión, como para el cine. Sus libros más recientes son Las Fantásticas. Las mujeres del Cartel, El Cartel de los Sapos 2 y El señor de los cielos.