In 1975, drug trafficker Fabio Restrepo from the city of Medellin, Colombia, was murdered.
Situated at the northern tip of South America between the thriving coca cultivation epicenters of Peru and Bolivia, the country came to dominate the global cocaine trade with the United States, the biggest market for the drug, just a short trip to the north.Įscobar moved quickly to grab control of the cocaine trade. But as the cocaine market flourished, Colombia’s geographical location proved to be its biggest asset.
