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People from Antioquia, Colombia.
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A town located in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia.
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A zone of Colombia located in Antioquia.
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A village in Antioquia.
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Poor districts of Medellín.
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The biggest department store chain in Colombia.
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Colombian Administrative Department of Security.
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People from Antioquia, Colombia.
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Capital City of the Department of Nariño, Colombia.
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A common Colombian liquor.
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Geographical area north of Antioquia.
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A Medellín with No Urban Sprawl.
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Liberal Renovation in Antioquia.
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Drug lord, chief of the mob.
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Saint Bartholomew School of Bogotá.
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Institute for the Development of Natural Renewable Resources (Instituto de Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales Renovables).
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High-class district of Medellín.
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Alias of Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha.
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Colombian insurgent group.
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Jungle zone located near the border between Panama and Colombia.
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On November 15, 1984, Hernán Botero was extradited. Alberto and Nayib Pabón Jatter, along with Marco Fidel Cadavid, became the first extraditable Colombians to the U.S. Hernán Botero was the owner of the Nutibara Hotel in Medellín, and the charge, which at that time was not a crime in Colombia, was money laundering.
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Editor’s note: El Patrón, Pinina, and Oto related this experience to Popeye.
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Notice that the money that Pablo offers, the five million, is in addition to the two million he has already agreed to, which would be delivered before the completion of the operation.
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Former owner and director of El Espectador newspaper.
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This statement has been confirmed by Popeye, and obviously must be from the period before the taking, a time of friendship between Ospina and Escobar.
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Popeye confirmed that this money was paid to Iván Marino Ospina, having been handed over by Pinina as described. Pinina also showed Popeye the house to which he delivered the money hidden in the car. This money, requested to finance the taking, was obviously delivered before his death. The preparations for the operation took several months and that’s why he could have received it in spite of having died three months before the siege on the palace. Popeye is certain of this, and states that the Medellín Cartel’s accounts indicate this payment to the M-19 was received by Iván Marino Ospina. Editor’s note: The additional five million that Escobar offered was not paid, or at least Popeye has no knowledge of it; there is no indication of the transaction on the Medellín Cartel’s accounts.
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Secret compartments used to hide things from authorities.
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Street in the center of Medellín.
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Capital city of the Department of Cordoba, Colombia.
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El Espectador headline in Spanish: “Se le aguó la fiesta a los mafiosos.”
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Third main city of Colombia.
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Department of Colombia.
