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Is this the new Medellin Cartel?
by Adriaan Alsema June 5, 2019
The two most powerful heirs of Pablo Escobar‘s now-defunct Medellin Cartel have allegedly teamed up with other organized crime groups to dominate Colombia’s drug trade.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, paramilitary group AGC and Medellin crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado teamed up with the Pachenca gang from Santa Marta and the “Clan del Oriente” from the Magdalena Medio region to form a “consortium” dedicated to exporting drugs and importing arms.
Prosecutors arrested 14 alleged members of these groups, including “Roque,” the son of Ramon Isaza, who is believed to have been a former Medellin Cartel associate before he helped found the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC.
According to the US authorities, the AGC is responsible for the vast majority of cocaine trafficked to the US while the Oficina de Envigado is known to use Medellin’s largely informal economy to launder money.
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The ring formed by the members of the illegal armed groups and organized crime organizations “served as a bridge to the Italian Mafia, Mexican cartels and other structures.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/is-this-the-new-medellin-cartel/