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Pablo Escobar, the godfather of the Medellin Cartel in Colombia in February, 1988. (Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
COLOMBIA

Three decades after Pablo Escobar’s death, drugs ravage Medellin

With 2.2 million inhabitants, Medellin is today the city with the highest drug consumption – 15.5% – in Colombia

  • Juan Sebastian Serrano
4 min read
He was also found guilty on money laundering and weapons possession charges during a three-month trial. (U.S. officials/Handout via REUTERS)
DRUGS

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by New York jury

The 61-year-old former boss of the notorious Sinaloa cartel faces life in prison for smuggling tons of drugs into the United States

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
On Wednesday, Guzman — who famously escaped Mexican prisons in 2001 and again in 2015 — could see his wife Emma Coronel and their two daughters for the last time. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
AGENCY

El Chapo trial details suitcase carrying millions for ex-minister

​A former cartel operative told the US trial of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman that he bribed a former Mexican cabinet minister with millions of dollars

  • Agency
2 min read