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Ransomware group thegentlemen hits El Carriel
El Carriel — a agriculture and food production target operating in CO has been listed by the thegentlemen ransomware group on 2026-09-07. The information below reflects what the threat actor has publicly claimed on their leak site; the details have not been independently verified.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | El Carriel |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | thegentlemen |
| Summary | elcarriel.com.co Productos Alimenticios El Carriel S.A.S. Colombian family food company and dominant leader of Bogotá's arepa market (~70% share) — founded Aug 17, 1992 by two brothers from Sonson, Antioquia (Luis Alberto & Luis Alfonso Valencia) and their wives, who started selling handmade arepas from bicycles via a consignment model. Today: 9 plants in Bogotá & Medellín, 1M+ arepas/day, full vertical integration — 2,000 ha of own corn (Pioneer seeds), own mill, 400+ employees, ~$8M revenue (31.3B COP, 2023), no external investors. Exporter to the US (since 1999), Australia and England; state-recognized ESG model: 578 solar panels, 30% electric fleet. Tragedy: Nov 2024 — co-founder Luis Alfonso was murdered at his ranch by an insider who had spent 2 months profiling the property; both killers got 36 years in 2025, and the business never stopped. Bottom line: two uneducated brothers on bicycles became a vertically integrated agro-industrial champion that survived even its founder's |
| Date of Breach | 2026-09-07 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-09-07 |
| Region | CO |
| Target Domain | elcarriel.com.co |
| Business Sector | Agriculture and Food Production |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by thegentlemen
elcarriel.com.co Productos Alimenticios El Carriel S.A.S. Colombian family food company and dominant leader of Bogotá's arepa market (~70% share) — founded Aug 17, 1992 by two brothers from Sonson, Antioquia (Luis Alberto & Luis Alfonso Valencia) and their wives, who started selling handmade arepas from bicycles via a consignment model. Today: 9 plants in Bogotá & Medellín, 1M+ arepas/day, full vertical integration — 2,000 ha of own corn (Pioneer seeds), own mill, 400+ employees, ~$8M revenue (31.3B COP, 2023), no external investors. Exporter to the US (since 1999), Australia and England; state-recognized ESG model: 578 solar panels, 30% electric fleet. Tragedy: Nov 2024 — co-founder Luis Alfonso was murdered at his ranch by an insider who had spent 2 months profiling the property; both killers got 36 years in 2025, and the business never stopped. Bottom line: two uneducated brothers on bicycles became a vertically integrated agro-industrial champion that survived even its founder's
Posted by the thegentlemen threat actor on its public leak site. This is the group's own statement and has not been independently verified by HackerFeeds.
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