Miami drug cartel
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The Miami drug cartel is a powerful fictional criminal organization involved in large-scale cocaine trafficking in the 1983 film "Scarface," led by the character Tony Montana.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drug cartel
ⓘ
fictional criminal organization ⓘ organized crime group ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Scarface (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Tony Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnRealWorldPhenomenon | Miami cocaine trade of the 1980s ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
law enforcement in Miami
ⓘ
rival Colombian traffickers ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Oliver Stone (screenwriter) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criminalActivity |
cocaine trafficking
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| depictedIn | 1983 American crime drama film Scarface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionMethod | street-level dealing through intermediaries ⓘ |
| distributionNetwork | United States domestic market ⓘ |
| ethnicBackgroundOfCoreMembers | Cuban-American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Scarface (1983 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirectorContext | Brian De Palma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ |
| headquartersInFiction | Miami mansion of Tony Montana ⓘ |
| importRoute | from Latin America to Miami ⓘ |
| influenceOnPopCulture | iconic representation of 1980s cocaine cartels in fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementOpposition |
DEA (in fiction)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami police (in fiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Tony Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central criminal organization in Scarface ⓘ |
| notableMember | Tony Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSceneContext |
chainsaw motel scene (drug deal gone wrong)
ⓘ
final mansion shootout ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | hierarchical ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
powerful
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ruthless ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | cocaine ⓘ |
| protagonistRoleOfLeader | antihero ⓘ |
| riseAndFallArc | depicts rapid expansion and violent downfall ⓘ |
| scaleOfOperations | large-scale ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| wealthDisplay | lavish lifestyle and luxury properties ⓘ |
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