Tranquilandia
Raid
In 1983, the DEA placed satellite tracking devices on tanks of ether (a major chemical in cocaine processing) purchased through the export company Arbron Miami International Distributor Inc, from an American chemical company located in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. The DEA followed the ether into the jungles of Caqueta, Colombia, and their ultimate destination, Tranquilandia.
According to the judgment of the United States District Court Southern District of Florida, case # 85-396-CR-KEHOE dated 29 August 1985, the company Arbron International Distributor Inc. and its president Francisco Javier Torres-Sierra were never connected with the Medellin Cartel, as the Miami Herald published without foundation in December 2007.
On 10 March 1984, units of the Colombian National Police, assisted by the DEA, raided the complex. The operation concluded with the destruction of the complex and 13.8 metric tons of cocaine valued at US$1.2 billion.
Popular depiction
- In the 2006 movie-based game Scarface: The World Is Yours, near the end of the game, the main character was asked by his partner to liberate a vast drug facility in an island offshore Bahamas (the Islands in the game) for him. It was named Tranquilandia just as Medellín Cartel's facility.
- In the 2012 telenovela Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord, Tranquilandia is portrayed by name, with the 12th episode showing the tracking device and the raid.
See also
References
- ^ Cabos sueltos en la muerte de Lara Bonilla – 12/09/2007 – El Nuevo Herald Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colombia: Cocaine
- ^ "25 años después de la muerte de Pablo Escobar asà es la encrucijada del narcotráfico". 2 December 2018.
- ^ frontline: drug wars: thirty years of america's drug war | PBS