RUBBER BAND MAN

During its heyday, Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel spent $2,500 per month on rubber bands for bricks of cash. The profits were astronomical at every step. In 1978 each kilo probably cost Escobar $2,000 but sold to Lehder and Jung for $22,000, clearing Escobar $20,000 per kilo. In the next stage …

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