5. Every club has his own drug lord

5. Every club has his own drug lord

In the eighties en nineties Pablo Escobar wasn't the only drug lord in Colombia. These drug lords had a lot of money, all earned by illegal activities. The drug lords had to legalize the money that they earned. What was the best place for money laundering? Football! All the drug lords owned their own football clubs (source: This video about drug cartels in the Colombian football). Jhon Jairo Velasquez (better known as Popeye and he was one of Escobar's partners) said about this: 'Soccer became a tug-of-war among the drug lords'. The drug lord 'El Mexicano' with his Millionarios, Pablo Escobar with Medellin et Atletico Nacional and Miguel Rodriquez with America de Cali. I am amazed how easy drug lords can take over a whole country and it shows how much power and influence these drug lords had on Colombian football and on Colombia itself (read more about drug lords in the politics in the next entry). 

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