Medellin mafia wants to topple mayor
Medellin mafia ‘wants to topple mayor’
written by Adriaan Alsema January 25, 2017
Gangs belonging to Pablo Escobar‘s former enforcer army, the Oficina de Envigado, want to topple or assassinate Medellin’s mayor, the official claimed Tuesday.
According to Mayor Federico Gutierrez, the city’s prosecution was able to intercept a conversation between leaders of the Oficina in which the unidentified alleged gang bosses vow to increase targeting the city’s residents in an attempt to decrease popular support for the authorities.
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In collusion with corrupt sectors within Medellin’s business and political elite, the group has been able to survive both the death of its founder in 1993 and the extradition of its second most infamous leader, AUC chief “Don Berna,” in 2008.
The syndicated gangs are currently aligned with paramilitary successor group AGC and control most the city’s extortion rackets and drug trafficking operations.
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