Home to the notorious Pablo Escobar, Medellin, Colombia is a mecca for cocaine users and abusers across the globe. The cartel operating out of this city is named after the city and was founded by drug lords such as Pablo Escobar, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vazquez, Juan David Ochoa Vazquez, and Fabio Ochoa Vazquez. The Medellin cartel is one of the most notoriously violent cartels. They were linked to several political assassinations., such as Luis Carlos Galan, succeeder to Virgilio Barco President at the time. They were also known for famous kidnapping in the fall of 1990, including Diana Turbay, the daughter of a former president and Francisco Santos, news editor of El Tiempo, Colombia’s most prestigious newspaper. The Medellin cartel was so brutal and malicious that they would resort to any means possible and necessary to eliminate those who stood in the way of the cartel’s goals.
Picture: Pablo Escobar
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