Court orders release of Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder
A Bogota court ordered the release of founding Medellin Cartel member Carlos Lehder, claiming his arrest on Friday had been illegal. Lehder was arrested after he returned to Colombia 38…
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Colombia arrests Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder
Colombia’s migration authority jailed Medellin Cartel founder Carlos Lehder after he arrived in the capital Bogota on Friday. Lehder was detained on El Dorado Airport while trying to enter the…
Colombia’s army turned Medellin into murder capital of the world: CIA
Colombia’s army was behind the “narco-terrorism” that made Medellin the “murder capital” of the world in the 1980’s, according to a declassified CIA report. The 1988 report that has been…
Juan Gonzalo Angel Restrepo, a.k.a. “Plata Limpia”
Juan Gonzalo Angel is an alleged money launderer and a former director of Pablo Escobar’s foundation “Medellin Sin Tugurios,” which constructed a neighborhood with the drug lord’s name. Angel and…
Luis Guillermo Angel Restrepo, a.k.a. “Guillo”
Luis Guillermo Angel, a.k.a. “Guillo,” is a former Medellin Cartel pilot and one of Colombia’s main drug traffickers, according to a 2021 counternarcotics investigation by the National Police. Guillo began…
How a US military doctrine became Colombia’s ‘origin of evil’ | Part 1: “Popeye”
The Medellin Cartel’s 1988 murder of a top anti-mafia official was one of the first indications that the US-promoted “National Security Doctrine” had become “the origin of evil” in Colombia.…
The narco history of Colombia’s security forces | Part 2: Medellin
The Medellin Police Department and Colombia’s 4th Army Brigade played a key role in the Medellin Cartel and the formation of what is now known as the Oficina de Envigado.…
How Colombia’s former president helped kick-start the Medellin Cartel
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe became a major asset to the Medellin Cartel after the controversial politician was appointed director of the country’s civil aviation agency in 1980. Before that,…
Colombia’s media pretending hugely popular series on Uribe doesn’t exist
Colombia’s media are pretty much pretending that “Matarife,” the hugely successful online series on former President Alvaro Uribe, does not exist. Last week’s episode on the evidence Uribe did favors…