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Brit who snorted cocaine off Pablo Escobar's grave jailed for 50 years for drug smuggling

Steven Semmens, whose 2018 graveyard stunt drew the ire of Colombian cartels, has been jailed along with four other defendants at Swansea Crown Court for cocaine dealing

Daily Mirror

Man who sniffed cocaine from Pablo Escobar's grave jailed as part of drug gang

The gang shipped large quantities of cocaine into south Wales

Wales Online

Transforming Colombia is a must for the travel bucket list

Once hailed as the most dangerous place in the most dangerous country in South America, the community has completely turned this reputation on its head and is now a vibrant, artistic and welcoming place for visitors and its residents

Irish Mirror

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How Curtis 'Cocky' Warren tried to flood a sleepy island with £1m of drugs

Warren - once dubbed 'Britain's Pablo Escobar' - has been freed from jail after serving a 14 year sentence for the failed plot to smuggle 180kg of cannabis into Jersey

Manchester Evening News

'UK's Pablo Escobar' banned from entering Scotland after release from maximum security prison

Curtis Warren, who was once worth an estimated £300m, was released from Whitemoor maximum security prison in Cambridgeshire.

Daily Record

Drug lord Curtis Warren dubbed UK's Pablo Escobar 'out of jail and wants to see mum'

Curtis “Cocky” Warren has reportedly been released from Whitemoor maximum security prison in Cambridgeshire after spending most of the past 25 years behind bars and has tough restrictions

Daily Mirror

Colombia grapples with 'extreme barbaric violence' and cartel wars amid new dawn

President Gustavo Petro is pushing for "true and definitive peace" in the Andean country of Colombia, but some say its not possible to achieve in just four years given its brutal past

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Inside Pablo Escobar's mansion where drug lord hid from police - now a HOTEL with grotto

Pablo Escobar's 'private location' mansion has now been transformed into a state-of-the-art hotel which you can stay in for a pretty penny, and includes an exclusive beach and adult-only grotto

Daily Mirror

Colombia's new president was once part of a guerrilla group with a wild history. Now he promises social change

Colombia's new President, Gustavo Petro, was once a member of M-19 — a wild rebel group that stole the Sword of Simon Bolivar and is rumoured to have worked with and against Pablo Escobar.

ABC News

'British Pablo Escobar' hunted as Liverpool men arrested over cocaine haul

The men arrested in Greece are said to be at the top of a major international cartel

Liverpool Echo

Colombian drug lord known as ‘The Chess Player’ dies in US prison

Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela known for violent tactics and wide-ranging bribes

The Independent UK

Netflix UK: What series and films are coming to Netflix UK in June

We've got our eyes peeled for season three of the The Umbrella Academy - but there's loads of new series and films coming to Netflix this month

Wales Online

World’s most violent cities: Medellín crime surge helps Latin America top list

Region has two-thirds of world’s most dangerous cities, with Bogotá, Rio, Mexico City and San Salvador also named in study

The Guardian - UK

3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

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Maluma on Historic Medillín Show, Fulfilling Lifelong Dream

Fresh from the special unveiling of his Madame Tussauds wax figure in Medellín, Colombia, Maluma is ready to give the largest concert ever held at the Atanasio Girardot Soccer Stadium in his hometown. Tickets for Saturday’s show, titled "Medallo en el Mapa," are officially sold out. His management confirmed that…

Benzinga

Rewriting The Cannabis Narrative In Colombia: Part 1

For decades, Colombia has borne the burden of America’s foreign drug policy. The public imagination has long been associated with the legacy of narco-trafficking violence perpetrated by Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel, and the Cali Cartel.

The Independent UK

Cocaine godmother: The wild real life story behind the ‘chameleon’ drug queen portrayed by Sofia Vergara

Griselda Blanco’s psychotic spiral from drug-fuelled orgies to homicidal paranoia, igniting Miami’s cocaine war, is getting a Hollywood glow up, writes Justin Vallejo

Chicago Sun-Times

The real-life ‘Narcos’ agents on the hunt for drug lord Pablo Escobar, the Netflix series and Chicago’s place in drug trafficking

Retired DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña say Netflix took some liberties. But Peña acknowledges unwittingly working with a death-squad leader to locate Escobar.

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Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' to be declared 'invasive species' over breeding fears

Scientists warn that Escobar’s hippos do not have a natural predator in Colombia and are a potential problem for biodiversity

The Independent UK

Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

People around the Colombian town of Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to living near the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar

The Independent UK

Cocaine godmother: The wild real life story behind the ‘chameleon’ drug queen portrayed by Sofia Vergara

Griselda Blanco’s psychotic spiral from drug-fuelled orgies to homicidal paranoia, igniting Miami’s cocaine war, is getting a Hollywood glow up, writes Justin Vallejo

The Independent UK

Cocaine godmother: The wild real life story behind the 'chameleon' drug queen portrayed by Sofia Vergara

Griselda Blanco’s psychotic spiral from drug-fuelled orgies to homicidal paranoia, igniting Miami’s cocaine war, is getting a Hollywood glow up, writes Justin Vallejo

The Independent UK

Spain’s ‘Pablo Escobar’ walks free after legal bungle

Judge leading investigation did not supply ‘essential information’, it is claimed

Zenger

VIDEO: Smack In The Face: Alleged Heroin Kingpin Walks Free After Judge Bungles Evidence

High Court in Spain freed the suspect, citing that his fundamental rights were violated during his arrest.

Zenger

VIDEO: Cops Seize Guns, Cash And Drugs From One Of World’s Biggest Heroin Traffickers

Officers said they seized 55 kilograms of heroin plus guns, luxury cars and cash.

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