# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-carlos-ramirez-abadia
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:47.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-carlos-ramirez-abadia"
name: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
slug: "juan-carlos-ramirez-abadia"
description: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía is a drug trafficker who, until his capture, was one of the leaders of the North Valley Cartel, who was wanted on drug smuggling, murder and RICO charges in the United States of America. In addition to the trafficking of cocaine, it is believed Ramírez also participated in money laundering and trafficking of heroin. Through Ramírez’ illegal enterprise, he has amassed a fortune estimated at $1.8 billion by the US Department of State. He has been cited as \"... one of the most powerful and most elusive drug traffickers in Colombia\" by Adam J. Szubin, Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)."
tagline: "Colombian fashion mod"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa_(before_and_after).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1963-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             5.808545159545701
  historical:           5.133576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa"
    title: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa"
    title: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa"
    title: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa"
    title: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Ram%C3%ADrez_Abad%C3%ADa"
    title: "Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump