Medellín

Main Point: Now that I just talked about how Pablo Escobar got his rise to power, I will now say the Height of Pablo Escobar’s power. III. Main Point 2: How high was Pablo’s height of power during his prime? a. Sub-point A: “By the mid-1980’s the Medellin Cartel controlled more than 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. More than 15 tons of cocaine were reportedly smuggled each day, netting the cartel as much as $420 million a week.” The cartel usually smuggled large…

the 80’s and 90’s , a lot of buildings in Miami were made from cocaine money.( Colombia 's Ruthless Drug Kingpin, Pablo Escobar." )Born in December 1 , 1949 and died on December 2 1943. Leader of the Cartel of Medellin with a net worth of about $30billion. La Catedral was a prison in Medellin , Colombia. Made under an agreement in 1991 with the Colombian Government , also built in 1991.It was built by the orders of Pablo Escobar. The main reason why he wanted his prison was to keep his enemies…

went up and the profits were quickly double. Neighboring Sinaloa states copied this form of method. Several families became powerless after 1982 when Miguel Felix Gallardo created the Guadalajara cartel, an organization inspired by the Medellin cartel. The Medellin cartel modus operandi was to connect some of these families to control the production and distribution of heroin and marijuana within the US (Pacheco, 2009, p.1026). This lead to a pact of non-aggression signed by the Juarez, Tijuana,…

I come from a full, born there, Colombian family. My mother and father are both Colombian natives. Although my parents divorced, that did not change what i experienced during my visits. Most, if not all, of my mother’s side of the family currently lives in Colombia. I have had the chance to visit twice in my life. From my visits i can tell you that their culture is much different than the one i am use to here in the United States and, more specifically, Springfield, Massachusetts. Do i like it…

Family Resiliency Assessment Defining my Family System My mother, Ana Lucia Sanin Cano, was born on July 26th, 1945, in Medellin, Colombia. My father, Tulio Cesar Martinez Salazar, was also born in Medellin, yet I am not aware of the date of his birth. My parents met when they were both 19 years of age. They married in early 1965, within three months after meeting. I was their first child and came into this world on December 25th, 1965. My sister Maggie was born next, on March 6th, 1967.…

Mexico. Hernán Cortés was eternally known as a man who was rather bold and valiant in his leadership of his soldiers. In 1485, Cortés was born to a Spanish family of minor nobility “in the Castilian province of Extremadura, in the small city of Medellin” (Minster). At the age of fourteen, Cortés was sent by his parents “to study at the University of Salamanca”…

Introduction Both Colombia as a country and the whole Colombian ethnic group each have a slew of stereotypes to conquer when dealing with other culture groups. One of the more popular and beautiful cities, Medellin, is often portrayed as a dangerous place to visit—full of drug cartels, kidnappings, and homicides. The popularity of cocaine and the illegal drug trade have both left the uninformed public with the opinion that the citizens of Colombia are all drug fanatics and/or murderers. While…

With respect to the conflict between Adria and Betania, there are several factors of international law to consider. The introduction of zickfish by Adrian fish farmers, BigFish, in Adbeco Lake is a matter of both maritime law as well as environmental regulation. Moreover, the Betanian legislation that empowered police to capture BigFish’s president Yancey, undermines the basic principles of foreign extradition. Finally, the military precautions that Adria, Betania, and neighboring Concordia…

her this amount for her time with him. They negotiate this and reach an agreement where she agrees to be paid fifteen thousand pesos for the boy to touch her and such her tits. Drug use There is a pronounced consumption of drugs in the streets of Medellin where the main culprits of this vice are the street children. They are also the ones responsible for the trafficking process and are seen to collude with the police in the act. Foul language One would not fail to notice that the street…

began his life in the cocaine trade. Through the leadership of Escobar, large amounts of coca paste were brought in from Peru and Bolivia and proceed in Colombia and sent and sold in the United States. Escobar partnered with other drug lords from the Medellin. In addition he profited from the business of other dealers who used the infrastructure made by Escobar and his partners. Later on in his life, Escobar seems to have removed himself from direct involvement in drug trafficking. Instead he…