The 1979 incident at Dadeland Mall in Florida that had received national attention was the first visible evidence of the growing presence of a network of Colombia-based drug dealers in the United States. Carlos Lehder conceived the idea of transporting loads of cocaine from Colombia to the United States. This
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Pablo Escobar – Lord of the Medellin Cartel
by Christina R. April 13, 2007 11:09 PM EDT Pablo Escobar, before his life ended at age 44, was perhaps the most successful criminal and drug trafficker the world has ever known. He was born in 1949 to a peasant farmer father and a mother who taught school. He was
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InColombia History 18 October 2011 | By Brad Cohen Pablo Escobar’s bombed-out corpse of a mansion La Manuela sits on a shimmering turquoise lake. (Brad Cohen) It was a strange feeling posing for a picture with one of the world’s most notorious criminals. A vacant stare on Roberto Escobar’s face,
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