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The Extraditables

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The Extraditables
Founded1984
Founded byPablo Escobar
Gustavo Gaviria
Jorge Ochoa Vásquez
Juan Ochoa Vásquez
José Rodríguez Gacha
Founding locationColombia
Years active1984-1993
TerritoryColombia
EthnicityColombian
Criminal activitiesMurder, assassination, intimidation, corruption, terrorism, bombing, kidnapping, bribery[1]
AlliesMedellín Cartel and associates
RivalsColombian government
American government
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The Extraditables was a narcoterrorist organization created by Colombian drug lords in the early to mid 1980s.[2][1] Their motto was: "We prefer a grave in Colombia to a prison in the United States".[2][1][3]

The aim of the group was to intimidate the Colombian government into banning extradition at the constitutional level (Colombia had a treaty of extradition with the United States) and they wanted to manipulate Colombian society into supporting their goal. Initially, the group simply published newspaper adverts in which they defended their position, and influenced political parties to speak in favour of their goals. However, over time their actions escalated into a war between the state and the drug cartel, with violent acts committed against politicians and members of law enforcement.[1]

Its members were largely drawn from the Medellín Cartel and others linked to the drug trafficking racket. Its principal leaders were:

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  1. ^ a b c d e Killing Pablo cnn.com, 25 May 2003
  2. ^ a b Breaking out is hard to do economist.com, from 16 July 2015
  3. ^ Should drug lord Guzman have been extradited to the US? bbc.co.uk, date 13 July 2015