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El Carriel

elcarriel.com.co
Group Thegentlemen
Discovered 2026-09-07 21:51 UTC
Est. attack date 2026-09-07
Country CO
Sector
Agriculture and Food Production Education Energy & Utilities Financial Services Government & Defense Healthcare Hospitality Manufacturing Other Professional Services Retail & E-Commerce Technology Transportation

Description:

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
Infostealer activity detected by HudsonRock

Compromised Employees: 0

Compromised Users: 1

Third Party Employee Credentials: 1

External Attack Surface: 2

DNS Records:

The following DNS records were found for the victim's domain.

WHOIS Emails
  • abusegodaddy.com
MX Records
  • elcarriel-com-co.mail.protection.outlook.com. Microsoft 365
TXT Records
  • v=spf1 ip4:138.128.189.138 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all
Cloud / SaaS Services Detected
No well-known cloud or SaaS service detected.

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