Title: How Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
Headings: How Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
How Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
Though he's the face of the organization, there's so much more to the Medellín Cartel than just Pablo Escobar.
The Rise Of The Medellin Cartel
The Crimes
The Fall Of The Medellin Cartel

Content: How Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
How Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel Became The Most Ruthless In History
Though he's the face of the organization, there's so much more to the Medellín Cartel than just Pablo Escobar. YouTube The main members of the Medellín Cartel. At the height of its power, the Medellin Cartel made roughly $100 million in drug profits a day. They supplied 96 percent of the United State’s cocaine and controlled 90 percent of the global cocaine market. The cartel differed from its smaller counterparts in that it was highly organized, highly influential, and capable of corrupting almost anyone. For just under twenty years, the cartel effectively took over Colombia. By the time of their downfall, not only was the Colombian government working around the clock to take them down but so were the governments of the United States and Canada as well as several organized resistance groups. Eventually, they were able to arrest or assassinate most of the cartel members, ending, of course, with the infamous Pablo Escobar. As the cartel’s leader, Escobar had much to do with the organization of the cartel. The Colombian version of The Godfather — and even known as El Padrino — Escobar worked to corrupt local police departments, pay off government officials, and keep the order amongst the cartel members.