July 2014

The Gangs That Inherited Pablo Escobar's Drug Empire: Cooking with Cocaine

Subscribe to VICE News here: In Colombia, the heirs to Pablo Escobar’s drug empire are conducting business as usual — though with a somewhat lower profile. Today’s Medellin drug cartels are highly structured and run much like multinational corporations. But violent gangs operating in the city’s slums provide the muscle; known as combos, they’ve carved …

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