In a video report, ANDREA ZARATE looks for signs of progress in a still-troubled city synonymous with the Colombian drug trade of the 1980s.
For anyone who followed the coverage of the Colombian drug trade in the 1980s, it's hard to hear the word "Medellin" without immediately thinking "cartel."
Nearly a decade and a half has passed since drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was killed by police, dealing a devastating blow to his Medellin cartel. And yet the city continues to struggle with its troubled past -- and with a serious criminal element that lingers to this day.
During a recent visit to Colombia's second-largest city, asap examined Medellin's struggle to reinvent itself -- and turned up some signs of progress.
Take a look at this video report to get a glimpse of Medellin in 2007.
See the video here.
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asap contributor Andrea Zarate is a freelance writer based in Miami.
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