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Drugs ravage Medellin three decades after Pablo Escobar's death

Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

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Morales's downfall, he said, started at a so-called "vice plaza" -- drug vending points that numbered about 160 in Medellin ten years ago, according to police. Researchers estimate the figure is now closer to 800.