Carlos Alberto Rentería Mantilla

On July 4, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. Mantilla was captured in Venezuela by local security forces with the assistance of British intelligence services.

He was extradited to the United States on July 13, 2010.

On September 1, 2006, Colombian authorities confiscated around 34 properties in the northern Caribbean region, mainly in the city of Cartagena and in other regions of Colombia; in the capital Bogotá and near his major area of operations; Valle del Cauca Department. The operation was dubbed "Patria 44" by the Colombian Central Directorate of the Judicial Police and Intelligence (DIJIN).

Beginning on March 17, 2005, the United States Department of Treasury announced its first actions targeting the financial holdings of Rentería. In 2005 Rentería was first declared a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker, the label permits the United States to seize assets connected to Rentería through front companies and associates. Since 2005 the Department of Treasury had announced over seven actions targeting Renterías financial holdings. The companies designated range from agricultural, clinics, hotels, accounting firms and the Colombian soccer team Cortuluá. It is believed Renterías' money contributed significantly to the economic growth in the area, as business operations, hotels and clinics began to be built to launder his money through.

While it is believed Rentería had been involved in drug trafficking since the 1970s. The first indictment regarding Rentería was unsealed in 1994 in the Southern District of Florida, charging Rentería with conspiracy to import, possess and distribute cocaine in the United States. In 2004 an indictment was unsealed in the District Court for the District of Columbia, charging Rentería with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In addition to the indictments a reward of $5 million was placed for information leading to the capture of Rentería.

Carlos Alberto "Beto" Rentería Mantilla (born 11 March 1945 in Tuluá, died 16 September 2020 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) was a former Colombian narcotrafficker and crime boss, presumed leader of the Norte del Valle Cartel. Rentería was believed by the United States government to be holding a leadership position within the drug cartel, he had been labeled "one of Colombia's most powerful and sophisticated narcotics traffickers" by Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury. The Attorney General of Colombia and the Colombian National Police accuse Rentería of drug trafficking and money laundering.