Medellín

Pablo Escobar, born in December of 1949, was the leader Columbian Medellin Cartel, controlling vast empire of drugs and murders internationally. Escobar was accepted into provincial university, but soon dropped out due to finical inability, eventually turning to crimes such as car theft and later marijuana growth. After partnering with Joe Ochoa, their profits from the distribution of marijuana quickly rose, and the duo expanded into the new cocaine business. Escobar soon established himself as…

narcrocrasy. The government itself felt as if they were being controlled by Pablo (John). Columbia was constantly importing and exporting illegal drugs through their many cartels (Faraster). This caused conflict within the communities/cities such as Medellin and as well as Cali. Escobar…

Pablo Escobar had the government paid off so they would not mess with him or his people doing is work. Also he would pay off the police so they would not get into his work during his time working. Escobar was seen like a god to some people who he help with their problems and people loved him for doing that. Big Brother is the complete opposite of Escobar of trying to help the poor out so they could do something in their life. Big brother would have cameras everywhere so he had everyone on film…

of Columbia. This sentiment seems to foreshadow his long campaign of narcoterrorism. From humble beginnings to being strewn across a rooftop, Escobar left behind a legacy matched by no other crime lords. His legacy includes the formerly powerful Medellin Cartel, bringing the Columbian government to its knees, and a long line of powdery white cocaine. Brought down by a Columbian assault team in 1993, leading to the rise of the South American…

Delta Force deployed to train and advised a special Colombian police task force known as the Search Bloc, which was created to locate Escobar. (Bowden, 2001) “Every direction-finding, surveillance, and imagery team in the arsenal descended on Medellín.” (Bowden, 2001) It was like a sweepstakes: see who could demonstrate the most effectiveness first.” (Bowden, 2001)“It took ten C-130s just to deliver the contractors and maintenance and support staffs for all the assets.” (Bowden, 2001) A…

Both having such dark childhoods, they seeked for power and money at a very young age. It led to them getting involved in the biggest cartels of history. With their massive amount of money, power, and connections, Griselda Blanco and Joaquin Guzman have made such a big impact on the illegal activities that have been going on through decades in America. Their creativity allowed them to smuggle all sorts of illegal drugs to various countries. Unlike Griselda, Joaquin Guzman invaded countries with…

Medellin v. Texas was a local court case that took place in 2007, and accomplished the Supreme Court ruling that non-local treaties, such as the Vienna Convention of the Laws treaty, were not self-executing, and therefore, were not binding upon state courts; in other words that if state courts decide not to honor such treaties, they were not forced to. Jose Ernesto Medellin was a Mexican citizen who was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico in March 4, 1975. Although he was born on the other…

The ambition to impose the interests of drug trafficking, led Pablo Escobar Gaviria to try to establish his own laws and regulations, causing serious damage to the Colombian society and the government of that time. The perfect utopia that he dreamed, became the worst dystopia for the consequences in the country. The drug economy connected the production, marketing and finance in a network that ignores national boundaries. The clandestine nature of the drug economy difficult the analyze of their…

Colombia. On a quest for even more profit, George started smuggling cocaine from Colombia to the United States for Pablo Escobar and his Medellin Cartel. George made millions off these operations being only the middle man. It was not uncommon that he made 15 million dollar a run. George, the former high school football star from Weymouth, Massachusetts, became the Medellin Cartel's U.S. contact. Almost 80% of the cocaine that was smuggled into the U.S. came from George. Escobar sat at the head…

however, some people believed he had too much money. Pablo Emilio Gaviria Escobar was known “Robin Hood” to Medellin,Colombia. Many thought of Pablo Escobar being irresponsible with money but people in Medellin,Colombia think otherwise. Pablo Escobar wanted to do what he thought the government never did which was help the poor. Pablo Escobar’s charity work was well recognized in Medellin,Colombia. Many still to this day think of him as a saint. Pablo Escobar was not born into wealth he…