Artifacts
Here is a political cartoon that shows how The DEA , Banks, and cartel leaders were involved in the War on Drugs. While drugs were getting passed from country to country all of these were making money off of the drugs.
In 1984 the First Lady started the Say No campaign that promoted anti use of drugs.
This is just one of the sections from the Colombian and U.S. bilateral extradition theory that was passed in 1981.
1982: Panamanian leader Gen. Manuel Noriega allows Pablo Escobar to ship cocaine through Panama. In the United States, Vice-President George H.W. Bush combines agents from multiple agencies and military branches to form the South Florida Drug Task Force, Miami being the main entry point at the time. The panamanian general Manuel Noreiga and Pablo Escobar made a deal that noreiga would let Escobar transport cocaine through Panama for 100,00 each load. (April 2, 2007) (author not found.)
The Medallin Cartel
1981 The medallin cartel was a cartel that had risen to power with alliances of Pablo Escober , the Ochoa family , Carolos Ledhr, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. This cartel was he main source of cocaine being transported to the U.S . They would export from colombia or Mexico to the borders of the U.S. Colombians and the U.S ratified a bilateral extradition treaty.
1981 The medallin cartel was a cartel that had risen to power with alliances of Pablo Escober , the Ochoa family , Carolos Ledhr, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. This cartel was he main source of cocaine being transported to the U.S . They would export from colombia or Mexico to the borders of the U.S. Colombians and the U.S ratified a bilateral extradition treaty.
Back’s in the 1980’s during the war on drugs most people thought that black people were the ones to blame for drugs or them using too much drugs when in reality white people were using drugs 5 times more and black people were the ones being incarcerated for it.
1984 Tranquilandia bust.By tracking the illegal sale of massive amounts of ether to Colombia, the DEA and Colombian police discover Tranquilandia, a laboratory operation deep in the Colombian jungle. In the subsequent bust, law enforcement officials destroy 14 laboratory complexes, which contains 13.8 metric tons of cocaine, 7 airplanes, and 11,800 drums of chemicals, conservatively estimated at $1.2 billion. This bust confirms the consolidation of the Medellin cartel's manufacturing operation.
Reagan signs The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986.Reagan signs an enormous omnibus drug bill, which appropriates $1.7 billion to fight the drug crisis. $97 million is allocated to build new prisons, $200 million for drug education and $241 million for treatment. The bill's most consequential action is the creation of mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses. Possession of at least one kilogram of heroin or five kilograms of cocaine is punishable by at least ten years in prison. In response to the crack epidemic, the sale of five grams of the drug leads to a mandatory five-year sentence. Mandatory minimums become increasingly criticized over the years for promoting significant racial disparities in the prison population, because of the differences in sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine.