In October 1995, the four men who killed Cano (María Ofelia Saldarriaga, Pablo Enrique Zamora, Carlos Martínez Hernández, and Luis Carlos Molina Yepes) were found guilty for the murder.
They were sentenced to 16 years in prison.
However Molina's sentence was overturrned because of an apeal.
While working as the editor of the daily El Espectador, he was murdered in front of the paper's offices by two hitmen linked to Colombia's drug cartels.
It was assumed that he was killed because of the campaign he launched in the paper to criticize the influence of the drug cartel in Colombia's politics.
Luis Carlos Galan
Assassination
Its End
August 18, 1989
While holding a public demonstration in the town of Soacha, Galan was gunned down by two hitmen who were hired by the Medellin cartel.
At the time, Pablo Escobar was the leader of the Medellin Cartel.
Luis Carlos Galan was the presidential candidate for the New Liberalism campaign which he had founded. He was running for the 1990 presidential elections.
Galan took a firm position against the dangerous and influential drug cartels in Colombia, especially the Medellin cartel.
Additionally, Galan was a strong supporter of the Colombian extradition treaty with the United States.
Guillermo Cano Isaza
While in operation, the cartel members' main fear was that of being extradited to the United States.
By 1993, not only was the Medellin Cartel dismantled by the Colombian authorities with the help of the United States, but it was also being destroyed by other terrorists and drug traffickers who envied their wealth and power.
Some of the groups who helped in the destruction of the Medellin Cartel were the: Cali Cartel, right-wing paramillitary groups, and a resistance group called Los Pepes.
Born on 12 August 1925 in Bogotá
Died 17 December 1986 (aged 61)
Editor of "El Espectador"
Medellin Cartel
Diomedes Diaz
Prime Time
Colombian vallenato singer, songwriter, and composer.
He was born May 26, 1957 and died December 22, 2013 at age 56 from a heart attack.
Diaz was known as a heavy consumer of drugs.
Many of the drugs he consumed were most probably produced and distributed by the Medellin Cartel.
The Cartel
By: David Herrera and Ricardo Du Pond
In its prime, the Medellin Cartel was smuggling enough cocaine globally to bring in $420,000,000 a week.
During this time period, the Medellin Cartel supplied 84%-90% of the American cocaine market and up to 80% of the global market.
The cartel's total revenues is estimated to easily be in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
An organized network of drug producers and smugglers who operated from the city of Medellin, Colombia.
Throughout the 70s and 80s, they controlled the majority of drug traffic in Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Peru, USA, Canada, and Europe.
Founders: Ochoa Brothers, Pablo Escobar, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.