The Colombians I'd say netted far more wealth over time than American LCN. It's true what one poster said about Pablo writing off 10% in earnings, which was due to the money being ruined by water, mold, mice eating it and stuff like that.I know this because I just read Roberto Escobar's book he was his brother's accountant. 10% of earnings for these guys easily equaled to hundreds of thousands and i'm probably estimating that to the lower end...they couldn't have cared less about losing it due to the money they did have. However nowadays it's the Mexicans raking in the multi-billions. But you still cannot forget about the organizations actually supplying the Mexicans..which historically has been the Colombians so just imagine the riches the Pablo's and Ochoa's of today are sitting on.
