Some say the original founders of the Cali started off as a kidnapping group, and used the ransom money to establish their drug empire.Whatever their origins, the Cali's ending is well documented. Netflix is profiting off a war that has destroyed the quality of life for millions of Colombians. Photo: Juan Pablo Gutierrez/Netflix An extremely powerful and foreboding figure in the magic world, Santiago is seen as the guild's disciplinarian and less amiable in comparison to his fellow … The arrest of the official, Santiago Medina, a wealthy 44-year-old architect, is the latest blow to the Samper administration, which has been trying to fend off accusations that it took drug … Mr. Samper steadfastly denied the charges, saying he had run a clean campaign and that all contributions were scrutinized for legitimacy.But in a statement to the Prosecutor General's office last week, where he was questioned for seven hours, Mr. Medina acknowledged that he had accepted a check from a company that officials have identified as a Cali cartel front company. his narco financiers by Our Special Correspondent On May 4,1994, with only 25 days to go before Colombia's presidential primary elections, Santiago Medina, the treasur er of Ernesto Samper Pizano's presidential campaign, trav eled to Cali in the company of the Cali Cartel's "PR" man Alberto Giraldo, to meet with Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela,
The police arrested the treasurer of President Ernesto Samper's election campaign today on charges that he received money from the Cali drug cartel, the Prosecutor General's office said.The arrest of the official, Santiago Medina, a wealthy 44-year-old architect, is the latest blow to the Samper administration, which has been trying to fend off accusations that it took drug money to win the June 1994 elections.Ironically, the arrest comes as Mr. Samper has been receiving praise for his offensive against the Cali cartel, which has put five cartel leaders in prison since June.The Prosecutor General, Alfonso Valdivieso, said in a statement that Mr. Medina was arrested in his Bogota apartment.Mr. Narcos (TV Series 2015–2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Timeline: Important events in the history of the Cali Cartel Photo: Juan Pablo Gutierrez/Netflix
June 24: The Prosecutor General's Office calls some of the people mentioned in the narco-cassettes, who allegedly benefited from this drug money; among these people are former presidential candidate Miguel Maza Márquez (also former General and Director of Colombia's Intelligence Service, DAS), Hernán Beltz Peralta, Álvaro Pava, César Villegas, Santiago Medina (former treasurer of the "Samper for President" … All these strong emotions converge in his seductive art. The third season of Netflix's "Narcos" is switching adversaries in season 3. https://www.semana.com/on-line/articulo/santiago-medina/83481-3 With Pablo Escobar now dead, DEA agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy are focusing on the new player in the Colombian drug war: The Cali Cartel. Once años después del deceso del controvertido Santiago Medina, su mansión será vendida muy pronto, un lugar de leyenda por el que se colaron los ‘narcos’, se codearon los ricos y la política festejó a … The newspaper cited statements made by witnesses it did not identify who are cooperating with the Prosecutor General's office.There was no immediate comment on that report from the Prosecutor General's office, which usually does not comment on investigations in progress.TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. "Endorsing a check is not a crime," Mr. Amezquita said, adding that Mr. Medina expected that others in the campaign would check to see whether the money was from the Cali cartel or not.La Prensa, an opposition newspaper, reported today that the Defense Minister, Fernando Botero, who was Mr. Samper's campaign manager, asked the Cali cartel for campaign contributions and then created a false accounting system with Mr. Medina to hide the source of the funds.