The Medellín Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Medellín) was a powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia, that was founded and led by Pablo Escobar.

2021年9月28日 · In 1989, Escobar and the Medellin Cartel were responsible for the single deadliest criminal attack in Colombian history. In an attempt to assassinate presidential candidate Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, the cartel placed a bomb onboard Avianca Flight 203.

2025年2月3日 · The Medellín Cartel, one of the most iconic and violent drug trafficking organizations in Colombia’s history, consolidated its control over the international cocaine …

2023年4月24日 · From 2009 to July 2013 an estimated 7,000 people were killed in the Medellin mafia wars, as different challengers sought to claim Don Berna’s criminal throne as head of the Oficina de Envigado, to become the successor of the Medellin Cartel that Escobar founded.

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (/ ˈɛskəbɑːr /; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel.

By 1985, Colombia had the highest murder rate in the world. In Medellin alone, 1,698 people were murdered, and the follow ing year, that number more than doubled to 3,500. The Medellin cartel was fast becoming the richest and most feared underworld crime syndicate the …

2024年12月5日 · MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home.

1994年3月28日 · Just a few months after the killing of Escobar, DEA officials traveled to Bogotá to meet with DEA and CNP officials from the Medellín Task Force to get a clearer understanding of “the Medellin Cartel’s past, present and future.”

This article details the reasons why the supply reduction strategies aimed at winning the drug war adopted by the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations cannot work, with emphasis on the organizational structure and operations of the Medellin cartel.

2017年9月11日 · Under the leadership of Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel moved immense amounts of drugs and brought in stratospheric profits. By one measure, they were raking in $420 million a week by the...