The Medellín Cartel was a loose coalition of Colombian drug trafficking organizations based in Medellín, Colombia, active from the 1970s to 1993. It played a central role in the international cocaine trade, led by Pablo Escobar and others. The network was known for its violence, including assassinations and terrorism, and was designated a terrorist group by the United States. It was dismantled after Escobar's death in 1993.
CRIMENET has extracted 139 linkages for this organization, including 78 cooperative ties across 25 organizations, 41 conflicts across 9 organizations, 20 other connections and footprints in 10 countries.
Lehder had betrayed Jung... and began setting up his own major cocaine transshipment operation for Escobar and the Medellín organization on an island in the Bahamas called Norman's Cay.
access to coca production in Peru and Bolivia
the island's government agreed to use Cuba as one of the stopovers for the cartel
its criminal connections in the US, Mexico, and the UK
the cartel had the protection from the FSLN, the Sandinist party, to use Nicaragua as a 'warehouse' for Matta-Ballesteros' logistic operation
agreed using Panama as another stopover for the cartel logistics... Panama could be a hideout for the group leadership and that the government would ignore their money laundering operations
access to coca production in Peru and Bolivia
its criminal connections in the US, Mexico, and the UK
Territory: Colombia ( Antioquia ), Panama , California , New York City , Florida , Norman's Cay
traían base de cocaína de Ecuador y Perú