Tranquilandia
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Tranquilandia (Spanish: literally; Tranquility-land) was the name of a large illegal cocaine processing laboratory complex in the middle of the jungles of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia pertaining to members of the Medellin Cartel; the Ochoa brothers, Pablo Escobar and Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha. The complex had 19 laboratories, eight airstrips with numerous aircraft, mostly helicopters and small planes and its own water and electricity supply, roads and dormitories.[1][2]
Authorities traced the tanks of ether used in the processing of cocaine to Phillipsburg, New Jersey in the United States which were purchased by Francisco Javier Torres a supplier for the Medellin Cartel. The DEA used tracking devices on the tanks which ultimately led them to Tranquilandia near the Yarí River in the middle of the jungle.[3]
On March 10, 1984 units of the Colombian National Police supported by members of the United States agency Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) assaulted the complex. The operation concluded with the destruction of the complex and the 13.8 metric tons of cocaine valued in US$1.2 billion dollars.[4][5]
 View of the tanks of ether at Tranquilandia, 1984 |
[edit] References
- ^ Cabos sueltos en la muerte de Lara Bonilla - 12/09/2007 - El Nuevo Herald
- ^ Colombia: Cocaine
- ^ Cabos sueltos en la muerte de Lara Bonilla - 12/09/2007 - El Nuevo Herald
- ^ Cabos sueltos en la muerte de Lara Bonilla - 12/09/2007 - El Nuevo Herald
- ^ frontline: drug wars: thirty years of america's drug war | PBS
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