Cali Cartel

groups that buy and distribute the drugs. In this essay I will discuss the similarities and differences of two of the largest growers and sellers in the drug trade: The Cali Cartel of Columbia and the Tijuana Cartel of Mexico. The Cali Cartel is the largest, richest, and most complex producers and distributors of cocaine. The cartel concentrates almost entirely in cocaine. Over time they have developed an extremely large and sophisticated distribution system and have generated an extraordinary amount

At its top, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel carried 15 tons of cocaine for each day to the United States. That is around the heaviness of two African elephants. Business was great What amount does 15 tons of cocaine day by day get you? A great deal. Amid this halcyon period, the cartel was making $60 million every day. What's more, they say wrongdoing doesn't pay. Rats ate $2 billion of Escobar's benefits every

He joined the Medellin drug cartel in 1975 (Bailey). He killed the leader of the Medellin cartel to take the role of leader of the cartel (Pablo Escobar). After this point he never backed down from using conflict to overcome any obstacle that kept him from power. Once he was the leader of the Medellin cartel their cocaine trade dramatically increased. At its peak Pablo brought the Medellin cartel to control 80% of cocaine trade in the world (Armstrong). They smuggled

number one cocaine producer and exporter. This entire issue is an inherently complex one. In Colombia we are dealing with armed insurgency groups willing to defend their lands and lives with force. These major groups consist(ed) of the Medellin Cartel, Cali Cartel, the FARC, the M-19, and the ELN. They resort to kidnappings, murder, and extortion to try and negotiate terms with the government, terms that are to assure their safety and permanence. The Colombian government has historically, had a difficult

trafficker whose life was ended at the hand of Pablo Escobar in order to seize control of the cocaine enterprise (Biography.com, 2017). After taking Restrpos place Escobar expanded the cocaine enterprise into something of infamy, thus the Medellin Cartel was established (Biography.com, 2017). During his reign, Escobar ruled with terror. Many who crossed him were slain. He even used his network to serve on the Colombian Congress for a period, yet his background could not be kept hidden and was forced

had only been arrested for possession of drugs one time in his whole entire life when he was in his mid 20’s. He was a husband, father, wealthy kingpin and the leader of the Medellin Cartel, made up of other criminals out of Medellin, Colombia. Rumor has it that the original boss, Fabio Restrepo, of the Medellin Cartel was murdered which led Escobar to consume power. Pablo Escobar once the president of Colombia but it was short lived, the justice minister exposed Escobar’s crime boss history to the

Pablo Escobar was important because over his lifetime, he used his power to develop Colombia into a narco-state for the betterment of the people. First, Pablo was a very influential man as well as an expert cocaine dealer, accumulating large amounts of money and changing the drug dealing game. Pablo changed the legal drug system of many countries and also over his lifetime, and he made over $4 billion off of cocaine dealing in which he funded for Colombia (“Pablo Escobar”). This suggests that if

This paper will analyze whether Pablo Escobar was a Modern day Robin Hood or a Murderous Tyrant. Escobar to this day is still a highly controversial character and is perceived differently throughout Columbia. The topic was undertaken by thorough research and analyzing documents and interviews. Due to lack of Primary Documents, the majority of my research was from secondary sources. Pablo Escobar grew up in a time period which was referred to simply as the Violencia, Pablo was known as a loving father

Pablo Escobar was born at Rionegro, Columbia on December 1, 1949. He was brought up from a good working class family in Medellin, Columbia. Although, he wasn’t very wealthy. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father was a farmer. The outage that he saw how he could escape from the working class was by distributing and selling cocaine. Not only was he a Columbian drug trafficker and drug lord, but he was also a narco-terrorist. He was one of the most ruthless person to ever live.

of policemen and members of rival drug cartels” (Ceasar 1). This easily supports my thesis just for the magnitude of the act. Bombing a passenger plane with most likey more than one hundred people on it and probably killing everyone on it, is easily a villainous act. Then to top it off paid bounties off of some of the murderers and and rival drug cartels (Ceasar 2). The only thing that would make sense as to why he paid the bounties off of the rival drug cartel is so that he could have more people