Battleground State

Photos of the country that was supposed to be the poster child for the war on drugs.

MAY 1, 2013

Though the Medellín cartel was dismantled after Pablo Escobar's death in 1993, according to Engle, new paramilitary groups continued to fill the void.

In this photo, gangsters get ready to sniff cocaine at Commune 13 in Medellín, on Feb. 6, 2010.

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