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In 1976, Escobar founded the Medellín Cartel, which distributed powder cocaine and established the first smuggling routes from Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, through Colombia, and eventually into the United States. Escobar's infiltration into the U.S. created exponential demand for cocaine and by the 1980s it was estimated Escobar led monthly shipments of 70 to 80 tons of cocaine into the country from Colombia. As a result, he quickly became one of the richest people in the world, but constantly battled rival cartels domestically and abroad, leading to massacres and the murders of police officers, judges, locals, and prominent politicians
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