Medellín Cartel

the most violent state in your country. Every day someone gets murdered by the cartel. Every day you have to deal with cartel members stealing money from you and there is nothing the government can do. There are some areas that the police barely watch because they know it will cause a run in with the cartel. In Colombia during the 1980's several cartels battled over territory and thousands died fighting for the cartels. All this fighting was just over selling drugs in not just Colombia, but also in

The Medellin Drug Cartel BACKGROUND Drug cartels have grown and expanded throughout the interior and exterior of states for many years. The way drugs started to be introduced to Mexico, Colombia, and other places around the world was believed to be a myth. It was a tale that was known by many through storytelling, which over the years turned into an actual realistic issue. One of the most known cartels that existed for a long time was The Medellin Cartel. It became a subculture of its own

Colombia was the Medellin cartel (Mallory, 2012). This cartel obtained a large amount of power for over a decade, and the power transitioned nationally (Mallory, 2012). According to Mallory, “It employed producers, murderers, chemists, attorneys, government officials, accountants, transportation experts, and a variety of distributors throughout the world” (p. 54). The Medellin became even stronger by becoming alliances with the American La Cosa Nostra (Mallory, 2012). The leaders of the cartel were referred

huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They were made mainly of drug traffickers and landowners. The main paramilitary group called themselves the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). Since the 1970s, Colombia has been home to some of the most violent and sophisticated

necessity of ending his reign of terror by any means. Pablo Escobar was born in 1949. His father was a peasant farmer and his mother was a school teacher. Pablo grew up in Envigado. Envigado was a suburb of the second largest city in Colombia, Medellin. Escobar’s childhood was in a very violent atmosphere. It was a

by his family and society of the time when he was a kid because it encourages him to become a powerful and dangerous man who's main business is cocaine. Escobar was born in a humble family in Rionegro, Antioquia, a small town located near Medellin at the east, his mom was his major influence when he was a kid. By the time, humble boys were very ambitious, one of them was Pablo, he was always thinking about living a materialistic life and

entitled “Narcos.” This series does an excellent job of enticing viewers into watching the portrayal of the chase to catch Escobar in a stimulating and theatrical way. This show also provides historically accurate and general information about drug cartels in the 1990’s. This information can be used to learn from the past events and continue to prevent organized crime. In the beginning of the series, the show starts by introducing a simple but powerful smuggler of illegal products, his name is Pablo

Noriega’s rivals. Noriega had a partnership with the Medellín cartel, in which he received a percentage of every shipment through their cocaine laboratory in the jungles of Darién, just beyond the Colombian border. A leopard can’t change its spots and apparently Noriega couldn’t resist double dealing, even with the likes of the Medellín cartel. He ordered his Panamanian Defense Forces to raid their lab in 1985 and soon regretted the decision as the cartel put a price on his head. Noriega actually fled

Colombian government he was recognized as a hero to the poor population of Medellin and this would be a major contributor to the long lasting success of his cartel. Pablo would constantly promote his Robinhood image to the poor with generous donations and civic projects such as building youth sports complexes and housing for the poor. These projects gave him massive popularity among the population and the people of Medellin would return the favor by serving as look out for him and helping him evade

Colombia making people turn against him. Eventually being killed by the DEA and Colombian police on December 2, 1993. With the huge amount of profits made by the drug trade, Escobar made Medellin Cartel into a force more powerful than the Colombian government. Colombian and American forces raided Medellin Cartel production facilities in 1984, destroying more