Tranquilandia

Tranquilandia, (Tranquility-land) was the name of the large cocaine processing laboratory located in the jungles of Caquetá, Colombia. Tranquilandia was constructed for the Medellín Cartel by José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, also known as the Mexican. Until its destruction in 1984 by the Colombian National Police assisted by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the complex consisted of 19 laboratories, an independent water (Yari River) and electrical system along with dormitories for the laboratory workers. Processing supplies were flown in, and processed cocaine was flown out via any one of eight airstrips, constructed by the Cartel, for that specific purpose.[1][2]

Medellín Cartel
View of the tanks of ether at Tranquilandia, 1984

In 1983, the DEA placed satellite tracking devices on tanks of ether (a major chemical in cocaine processing) purchased through the export company Arbron Miami International Distributor Inc, from an American chemical company located in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. The DEA followed the ether into the jungles of Caqueta, Colombia, and their ultimate destination, Tranquilandia.[1]

According to the judgment of the United States District Court Southern District of Florida, case # 85-396-CR-KEHOE dated 29 August 1985 the company Arbron International Distributor Inc. and his president Francisco Javier Torres-Sierra, were never connected with Medellin Cartel, such as the Miami Herald published without foundation in December 2007.

On March 10th 1984, units of the Colombian National Police, assisted by the DEA assaulted the complex. The operation concluded with the destruction of the complex and 13.8 metric tons of cocaine valued at $1.2 billion US.[1][3]

  • In the 2006 movie-based game Scarface: The World Is Yours, near the end of the game, the main character was asked by his partner to liberate a vast drug facility in an island offshore Bahamas (the Islands in the game) for him. It was named Tranquilandia just as Medellín Cartel's facility.
  • In the Spanish Language Telenovela from Colombia [2012] "Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal" Tanquilandia is portrayed by name. The 12th episode actually shows the tracking device discussed above and the raid.
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References
  1. Cabos sueltos en la muerte de Lara Bonilla – 12/09/2007 – El Nuevo Herald Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Colombia: Cocaine
  3. frontline: drug wars: thirty years of america's drug war | PBS


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