Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
The resurrected Medellin Cartel has the US government by the balls
Medellin's "Golden Mile" (Image: Wikipedia)
by Adriaan Alsema September 4, 2020
We won! camouflaged men shouted after killing Pablo Escobar in 1993. They didnt. The Medellin Cartel resurrected and now has the US government by the balls.
The so-called Oficina de Envigado controls much of Colombias drug trade through a network of local partners that sell the cocaine to their Mexican clients, keeping La Oficina out of reach of the DEA.
Much of the revenue of these groups is laundered in Medellin and Bogota while the US Government can either look the other way or be publicly humiliated in an election year.
. . .
La Oficina focuses on the business side, laundering the traffickers money in Medellin and Bogota, just in case Washington DC stops chasing ghosts in Venezuela.
. . .
The mafioso with a Medal of Freedom
Uribe, however, received billions of dollars to combat drug trafficking, received a Medal of Freedom from former US President George W. Bush and is the boss of President Ivan Duque.
. . .
The new Medellin Cartel has the administration of US President Donald Trump by the balls to the point that Vice-President Mike Pence last months called Uribe, an admitted former associate of Escobar, a hero.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-resurrected-medellin-cartel-has-the-state-department-by-the-balls/
Take a bow, dipstick.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
4 replies, 1510 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (7)
ReplyReply to this post
4 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The resurrected Medellin Cartel has the US government by the balls (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Sep 2020
OP
msongs
(67,420 posts)1. American drug users are 100% responsible for this, not the government.
legalising drugs would undercut the cartels powers
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)2. Medellen Cartel, nazis:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/carlos-lehder
" Lehder, who is half-German and half-Colombian, was born in 1949 in Armenia, Colombia. His father, Wilhelm, was a supporter of the Nazis and left Germany for rural Colombia before the start of World War II. This raised a red flag with the U.S. Embassy in Colombia who added him to their watch list during the war, an issue that may have raised early hatred in Lehder for America. "
" Lehder, who is half-German and half-Colombian, was born in 1949 in Armenia, Colombia. His father, Wilhelm, was a supporter of the Nazis and left Germany for rural Colombia before the start of World War II. This raised a red flag with the U.S. Embassy in Colombia who added him to their watch list during the war, an issue that may have raised early hatred in Lehder for America. "
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)3. K and R...Thank You for Posting ..nt
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)4. Thank you for taking the time to read it. 👋