When Rats Ate Millions: The Medellín Cartel’s Billion-Dollar Storage Problem
In 1989, the Medellín cartel had more cash on hand than any corporation in the world. Every. Single. Week. $420 million arrived—in small, untraceable bills. But with that tidal wave of money came a problem even the world’s most powerful drug empire couldn’t solve. The money began to disappear. And not because of theft, or…