Originally Posted By: TonyG
Originally Posted By: slumpy

Have you never heard of Pablo Escobar?


+1.

The Mexican cartels may be the "hardest" right now, but Escobar and the Medellín Cartel killed high ranking Colombian government officials (Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Minister of Justice; Carlos Mauro Hoyos, Attorney General; and Hernando Baquero Borda, Supreme Court Justice are 3 examples), stormed and bombed the Colombian Supreme Court, bombed a commercial airline (Avianca) and publicly assassinated a top presidential candidate (Luis Carlos Galán, who likely would have won).

The Mexicans do not come close to the chaos that Pablo and the Medellín Cartel created in Colombia.

That's because Colombia is a way weaker country than Mexico but more importantly the situation with the Medellin Cartel is WAY different to the cartels in Mexico. The Medellin Cartel was trying to topple the Colombian government, the Mexican Cartels are just trying to survive but at times make their own statement like killing and ambushing police/government to get away or protect their captains or bosses etc. The Sinaloa Cartel is opposite of what the Medellin Cartel did. The Sinaloa Cartel is more like the Cali Cartel there is no Mexican cartel equivalent (targeting government)violence wise as the Medellin Cartel.

Last edited by SmearyGoose1768; 11/15/15 09:19 AM.