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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miami drug cartel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11773399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami drug cartel Context triple: [Tony Montana, associatedWith, Miami drug cartel]
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A.
Medellín Cartel
The Medellín Cartel was a powerful and violent Colombian drug trafficking organization, led by Pablo Escobar, that dominated the global cocaine trade in the 1980s.
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B.
Colombian drug cartels
Colombian drug cartels are powerful and violent criminal organizations in Colombia that dominate large-scale cocaine production and trafficking networks across the Americas and beyond.
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C.
Mexican drug cartels
Mexican drug cartels are powerful and violent criminal organizations in Mexico that dominate the illegal drug trade and are known for their extensive trafficking networks and brutal tactics.
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D.
Cartel del Noreste
Cartel del Noreste is a violent Mexican criminal organization involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and other organized crime, known as a successor faction to the Los Zetas cartel.
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E.
Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel is a notorious Mexican criminal organization known for drug trafficking, violence, and control of smuggling routes along the U.S.–Mexico border.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami drug cartel Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Medellín Cartel
The Medellín Cartel was a powerful and violent Colombian drug trafficking organization, led by Pablo Escobar, that dominated the global cocaine trade in the 1980s.
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B.
Colombian drug cartels
Colombian drug cartels are powerful and violent criminal organizations in Colombia that dominate large-scale cocaine production and trafficking networks across the Americas and beyond.
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C.
Mexican drug cartels
Mexican drug cartels are powerful and violent criminal organizations in Mexico that dominate the illegal drug trade and are known for their extensive trafficking networks and brutal tactics.
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D.
Cartel del Noreste
Cartel del Noreste is a violent Mexican criminal organization involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and other organized crime, known as a successor faction to the Los Zetas cartel.
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E.
Tijuana Cartel
The Tijuana Cartel is a notorious Mexican criminal organization known for drug trafficking, violence, and control of smuggling routes along the U.S.–Mexico border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drug cartel
ⓘ
fictional criminal organization ⓘ organized crime group ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Scarface (1983 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Scarface
|
| associatedWithCharacter | Tony Montana ⓘ |
| basedOnRealWorldPhenomenon | Miami cocaine trade of the 1980s ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
law enforcement in Miami
ⓘ
rival Colombian traffickers ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Oliver Stone (screenwriter)
ⓘ
linked to:
Oliver Stone
|
| criminalActivity |
cocaine trafficking
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
1983 American crime drama film Scarface
ⓘ
linked to:
Scarface
|
| distributionMethod | street-level dealing through intermediaries ⓘ |
| distributionNetwork | United States domestic market ⓘ |
| ethnicBackgroundOfCoreMembers | Cuban-American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Scarface (1983 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Scarface
|
| filmDirectorContext | Brian De Palma ⓘ |
| 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)
ⓘ
Miami police (in fiction) ⓘ
linked to:
Miami Police Vice Unit
|
| leader | Tony Montana ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central criminal organization in Scarface ⓘ |
| notableMember | Tony Montana ⓘ |
| notableSceneContext |
chainsaw motel scene (drug deal gone wrong)
ⓘ
final mansion shootout ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | hierarchical ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
powerful
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Florida
ⓘ
Miami ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| product | cocaine ⓘ |
| protagonistRoleOfLeader | antihero ⓘ |
| riseAndFallArc | depicts rapid expansion and violent downfall ⓘ |
| scaleOfOperations | large-scale ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| wealthDisplay | lavish lifestyle and luxury properties ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miami drug cartel Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.