Drug cartel
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| - | + | '''Drug cartels''' are [[criminal organization]]s developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]] operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized [[commercial enterprise]]s. The term was applied when the largest trafficking organizations reached an agreement to coordinate the production and distribution of cocaine. Since that agreement was broken up, drug cartels are no longer actually [[cartel]]s, but the term stuck and it is now popularly used to refer to any criminal narcotics related organization, such as those in [[Colombia]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[El Salvador]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Jamaica]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Mexico]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]]. Some cartels are establishing themselves in the [[U.S.]] | |
| - | The '''Medellín Cartel''' was an organized network of drug suppliers and smugglers originating in the city of [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]. | + | |
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| - | The [[drug cartel]] operated in [[Colombia]], [[Bolivia]], [[Peru]], [[Honduras]], the [[United States]], as well as [[Canada]] and [[Europe]] throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded and run by Ochoa Vázquez brothers [[Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez|Jorge Luis]], [[Juan David Ochoa Vásquez|Juan David]], and [[Fabio Ochoa Vásquez|Fabio]] together with [[Pablo Escobar]]. | + | |
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| - | By 1993, the Colombian government, in collaboration with the [[Cali cartel]], [[Paramilitarism in Colombia|right-wing paramilitary groups]], and the [[United States government]], had successfully dismantled the cartel by imprisoning or assassinating its members. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *''[[American Desperado]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] | + | |
| - | *[[Griselda Blanco]] | + | |
| - | *''[[Cocaine Cowboys]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[Cocaine Cowboys 2]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[Pablo Escobar]] | + | |
| - | *[[Max Mermelstein]] | + | |
| - | *[[Narcotrafficking in Colombia]] | + | |
| - | *[[Norte del Valle Cartel]] | + | |
| - | *[[Jack Carlton Reed]] | + | |
| - | *[[Jon Roberts]] | + | |
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Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. The term was applied when the largest trafficking organizations reached an agreement to coordinate the production and distribution of cocaine. Since that agreement was broken up, drug cartels are no longer actually cartels, but the term stuck and it is now popularly used to refer to any criminal narcotics related organization, such as those in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Some cartels are establishing themselves in the U.S.
