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As Pablo Escobar was learning the ropes of organized crime, cocaine continued to emerge as South America's most lucrative criminal asset. Before long, the career criminal came to understand that drug smuggling was to be a natural next step in terms of self-enrichment and attaining popular power in the region.
Two major Mafia-like organizations—dubbed drug cartels—evolved from this illicit, lucrative trade: the first in Medellín, led by Pablo Escobar, and the second in Cali.
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Subsequently, there was an exponential demand for cocaine in the US. By the 1980s, it was estimated Escobar led monthly shipments of 70 to 80 tons of cocaine into the country from Colombia. As a result, he quickly became one of the richest people in the world. In 1993, Pablo was killed in his hometown by Colombian National Police.
Griselda Blanco Restrepo [2] (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine -based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellín Cartel.
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The indictment charges that the Norte del Valle cartel used violence and brutality to further its goals, including the murder of rivals, individuals who failed to pay for cocaine, and associates who were believed to be working as informants.
