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Encyclopedia > Medellin Cartel

The Medellín Cartel was a well-organized network of drug smugglers that operated in the city of Medellín in Colombia through the 1970s and 1980s. It was built and run by Pablo Escobar.


The cartel lost much of its consolidated power and influence after the death or capture of many of its leading figures, which led to its disappearance as an unified entity, but several of its surviving associates and former members are still active in the international drug scene.


See also

Drug cartel


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MedellĂ­n Cartel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (211 words)
The MedellĂ­n Cartel was a well-organized but very loose network of drug smugglers originating in the city of MedellĂ­n in Colombia and operating through the 1970s and 1980s.
It existed in permanent conflict with the Cali Cartel and from the early 80s onward, the Colombian government.
The cartel lost much of its consolidated power and influence after the death or capture of many of its leading figures, which led to its disappearance as an unified entity, but several of its surviving associates and former members are still active in the international drug scene.
THE MENDELLIN CARTEL (354 words)
The Colombian cartels are really just a group of drug dealers that come from the same city and who made a name for themselves early and rose to prominence in the drug trafficking industry.
The Medellin cartel as the media first called it is supposed to have been formed in 1978 when Carlos Lehder's purchased a large portion of Normans Cay, a small island off the coast of the Bahamas.
This is where the association between the 6 kingpins of the cartel are said to have originated.
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