Which of the following statements describes the medellin cartel? a. it was a venezuelan cartel that determined oil prices between 1971 and 1993. b. it was a bolivian cartel that continues to control the diamond exports from that country. c. it was a colombian cartel that controlled the cocaine trade with north america in the 1970s and 1980s. d. it was a mexican cartel that smuggled marijuana across the united states border in the 1970s and 1980s. select the best answer from the choices provided.

C. It was a columbian cartel that controlled the cocaine trade with North America in the 1970s and 1980s.

The correct answer is B. The Medellin Cartel was a Colombian cartel that controlled the cocaine trade with North America in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Medellin Cartel was a Colombian criminal organization that was engaged in cocaine trafficking among other activities, being one of the main actors of the Colombian armed conflict in the 1980s and 1990s. It engaged in a struggle against the State and its institutions, mainly in the urban centers, at the same time that it maintained parallel wars with other criminal associations, mainly with the Cali Cartel and paramilitary groups of the Magdalena Medio Antioquia, contrasting this with their support to Marxist irregular armies. It became a recognized terrorist group for practicing kidnappings and killings, either selective or indiscriminate.

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