Looking at the history of it it was a journalistic term from the 1990s. I think it is kind of like the term Dixie Mafia. Did the military and upper levels of the government help facilitate trafficking?

Yes, and the former Venezuela intel spy chief admitted as much. Now I am not a lawyer so I do not know how one labels a group of people who informally work together like the Dixie Mafia so I guess its good?

I hope that makes sense.... I can see big parallels between Cartel of the Sun and the Dixie Mafia but I dont know how you legally speaking would label that.