Medellín Cartel
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The Medellín Cartel was an organized network of drug suppliers and smugglers originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia.
The drug cartel operated in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras, the United States, as well as Canada and Europe throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded and run by Ochoa Vázquez brothers Jorge Luis, Juan David, and Fabio together with Pablo Escobar.
By 1993, the Colombian government, in collaboration with the Cali cartel, right-wing paramilitary groups, and the United States government, had successfully dismantled the cartel by imprisoning or assassinating its members.
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See also
- American Desperado
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- Griselda Blanco
- Cocaine Cowboys
- Cocaine Cowboys 2
- Pablo Escobar
- Max Mermelstein
- Narcotrafficking in Colombia
- Norte del Valle Cartel
- Jack Carlton Reed
- Jon Roberts
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