Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, one of the leaders of the notorious Cali Cartel, passed away last week. He was 83 years old. During the 1980s and 1990s his cartel controlled 80 percent of the global cocaine market. He died while serving a prison sentenc
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Pablo Escobar was the world's notorious drug lord. Once glorified as Robin Hood by many who loved him and vilified by the law as a mass murderer and drug dealer, Escobar defined an era like no other gangster on the planet. He ran the cocaine trade i
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A drug broker wanted by Interpol was arrested in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday. 50-year-old Garafolo Forte Biaggio Benito was placed on Interpol’s Red Notices list in 2015, making him a wanted man in 193 countries.
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When it was first discovered that drug cartels were now using submarines to smuggle their product minds around the world were blown. Nowadays, it’s part of the business and hardly raises an eyebrow. Six men pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting to smu
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