Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Three decades after Pablo Escobar’s death, drugs ravage Medellin

Medellin

Three decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed by police on a Medellin rooftop, the city he sought to improve with drug money is being ravaged by it. Junkies frequent hundreds of sales points dotted around Colombia’s second city, which has become the domestic drug trade’s epicenter. “Easy access? Yes, absolutely. In Medellin you … Read more