Title: Illegal drug trade in Colombia - Wikipedia
Headings: Illegal drug trade in Colombia
Illegal drug trade in Colombia
Contents
Overview
Drug production
Cocaine production
Effects
Mitigation
History
Marijuana (1970s)
Cocaine & heroin cartels (late 1970s-Present)
Medellín Cartel (1976–1993)
Cali Cartel (1977−1998)
Norte del Valle Cartel (1990−2012)
North Coast Cartel (1999−2004)
Successor criminal organizations (2006–present)
Extradition treaty with the US
Influence in government and politics
Influence of the Medellín Cartel
Influence of the Cali Cartel
Influence upon the armed conflict
Guerrillas
Paramilitaries
Drug gangs
See also
References
External links

Content: Marijuana (1970s)
To counter increasing production and consumption, the government of the United States and the government of Colombia along with other countries initiated a campaign called the " War on Drugs ". The Black Tuna Gang was a Miami -based Colombian marijuana-trafficking group. It was responsible for bringing in over 500 tons of marijuana over a 16-month period in the mid-70s. Cocaine & heroin cartels (late 1970s-Present)
See also: The Office of Envigado
With prohibition, established producers and traffickers formed armed and clandestine cartels. During the 1980s, as demand increased, the cartels expanded and organized into major criminal conglomerates usually headed by one or several kingpins as in the case of the Medellín Cartel and the North Coast Cartel, along with federation-style groups such as the Ca