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    Drug barons of Colombia refer to some of the most notable drug lords which operate in illegal drug trafficking in Colombia. Several of them, notably Pablo...
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    this period in an attempt to cut off the supply of these drugs to the US. The drug barons of Colombia, such as Pablo Escobar and José Rodríguez Gacha...
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  • A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss in charge of a drug trafficking network, organization, or enterprise. Such lords...
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    powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia, that was founded and led by...
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  • Muerte a Secuestradores (category 1981 establishments in Colombia)
    FARC-EP and the M-19. Many of the drug barons began purchasing enormous quantities of land, in order to launder their drug money, and to gain social status...
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    Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland...
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    1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine"...
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  • The Infiltrator (2016 film) (category Films about Colombian drug cartels)
    involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking Drug barons of Colombia War on drugs "The Infiltrator (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 16, 2016...
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    Sebastián Marroquín (category Colombian emigrants to Argentina)
    Henao 24 February 1977) is a Colombian architect, author, and the son of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. After the death of Pablo Escobar in 1993, Juan...
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  • Norte del Valle Cartel (category Disbanded Colombian drug cartels)
    Cartel, was a drug cartel that operated principally in the north of the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia, most notably the coastal city of Buenaventura...
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  • Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellín Cartel...
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    from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2008. "Colombia kills drug baron hippo". BBC News. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on...
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  • Hacienda Nápoles (category Houses in Colombia)
    and owned by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia Department, Colombia, approximately 150 km (93 mi) east of Medellín and 249 km...
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    Guillermo Cano Isaza (category People murdered in Colombia)
    attack related to his criticism of Colombia's drug barons. Guillermo Cano was the heir of Fidel Cano Gutiérrez, the founder of El Espectador. As a journalist...
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  • paramilitary groups control a large majority of the illegal drug trade of cocaine and other substances. The Colombian National Centre for Historical Memory has...
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    and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world, perhaps more influential than Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel of Colombia during its prime...
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    countries of the Pacific basin. In 1989, Malaysia contributed around $54,000 to Colombia in its fight against the drug trafficking. In 1994, Colombia expressed...
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  • Angie Sanclemente Valencia (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    May 1979) is a former Colombian beauty queen and lingerie model believed to be the ringleader of one of the world's largest drug syndicates. Valencia is...
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    Cocaine boom (category History of drug control)
    Compania was met by Colombian coca growers who were pushed to organize their operations due to the growing demand. By 1968 anti-drug agents in the United...
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    Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    (born February 16, 1963, in Palmira, Colombia) is a drug trafficker who, until his capture, was one of the leaders of the North Valley Cartel (Norte del...
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    Narco-submarine (redirect from Drug sub)
    sink 'drug subs,' but not feds' case". CNN News. Retrieved February 23, 2010. McDermott, Jereny (June 20, 2009). "Colombia out to sink cocaine barons by...
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    He set out for a presidency targeting a war against the drug lords plaguing Colombia. Out of all major campaigns, Gaviria made it most clear that he would...
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    Luis Hernando Gómez (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    Luis Hernando Gómez Bustamante (born March 14, 1958) is a Colombian drug trafficker for the Norte del Valle Cartel, who was arrested in 2004 and, on July...
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    Otto Roberto Herrera García (category People of the Mexican Drug War)
    years later in Bogota, Colombia. The U.S. Department of State reported that Otto Roberto Herrera García was the leader of a drug trafficking organization...
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  • Fidel Castaño (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    January 6, 1994) was a Colombian drug lord and paramilitary who was among the founders of Los Pepes and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba...
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  • Leonidas Vargas (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    January 8, 2009), also known as "El Viejo" and "The King of Caqueta", was a Colombian drug lord who headed a multimillion-dollar cocaine empire associated...
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  • Amado Carrillo Fuentes (category Mexican people convicted of money laundering)
    ("The Lord of the Skies"), because of the large fleet of jets he used to transport drugs. He was also known for laundering money via Colombia, to finance...
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  • Colombiana (category Films about Colombian drug cartels)
    production budget. In 1992, in Bogota, Colombia, drug baron Don Luis Sandoval sends his enforcer Marco and a gang of armed men to kill his associate Fabio...
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    La Catedral (category Defunct prisons in Colombia)
    Illegal drug trade in Colombia Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Catedral. Cran, William; Tepper, Stephanie (March 25, 1997). "The Godfather of Cocaine"...
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    2009 and 2013, while the Drug Enforcement Administration estimated that he matched the influence and wealth of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Guzmán...
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