Los Pepes

Los Pepes were a group which carried out assassinations of numerous associates of Pablo Escobar. Initial suspicion was that these murders were carried out by members of Search Bloc as each one of its members had a list of high profile targets on which were the names of all the victims of Los Pepes. This greatly concerned the US government which almost pulled out all military and financial assets out of Colombia stating that they were not prepared to support a government that had anything to do with unlawful assassinations of criminals.

Columbian drug industry in the 1990’s

After the death of Pablo Escobar, Search Bloc was tasked with bringing down the Cali cartel which became the leading drug producer in Colombia as the Medellin cartel which was under the control of Escobar was left crippled with his death. Although it didn’t take long for the leaders of the Cali cartel to be apprehended or murdered, the drug industry of Colombia was not dismantled as the Colombian government and the US had hoped. Instead, the drug production of Colombia has been divided between numerous small drug cartels which are next to impossible to detect which has only made the situation more complex.