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...confiscating in raids hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of drug kingpins' property. Included were 143 fixed-wing planes and helicopters believed to be used to smuggle drugs to the U.S., a number of yachts, and the mansions and ranches of the most prominent lords of the Medellin cartel: Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. Colombian television showed viewers some indications of the drug lords' obscenely lavish life-styles. One of Rodriguez Gacha's spreads north of Bogota boasts several swimming pools, an artificial lake and a two-acre flower garden. Another Rodriguez Gacha mansion, inside Bogota, features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Too Far | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

...Yeah, that's it. He's an artist. A modern-day Pablo Mozart. Or that guy who cut his ear off? What's his name...

Author: By Julio Verala, | Title: Life Without Mort Downey | 7/25/1989 | See Source »

...twelve people just across the border. The extradition process is usually governed by individual treaties between countries, each with its own special provisions. The U.S. alone has signed agreements with more than 100 nations, though not with some key countries like the U.S.S.R. or Iran. Suspected drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria remains in Colombia because that country has yet to properly ratify its treaty with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Them Back to Justice | 5/1/1989 | See Source »

...indictment accuses cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria of organizing the assasination of Colombian Justice Minister Lara Bonilla on April 29, 1984, and says Escobar and Fabio Ocho Vasquez directed the February 19, 1986 slaying of former Drug Enforcement Administration informant Barry Seal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cartel Leaders Indicted for Assassinations | 3/23/1989 | See Source »

...site of Operation Primavera's first strike was Finca la Brasilia (Brazil Ranch), reportedly owned by Alberto Toro, brother-in-law of the notorious coke lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria. Early last week the raiders descended on Hacienda Napoles, the grandest -- and gaudiest -- of Escobar's several country estates. The helicopters landed to the trumpeting of three caged elephants, part of a private zoo maintained by the drug kingpin. Not found was Escobar, one of the world's most wanted criminals, who has eluded Colombian authorities dozens of times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs The Chemical Connection | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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