La Catedral
Prison in Medellín, Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the prison. For the musical piece, see Agustín Barrios.
La Catedral was a personal prison overlooking the city of Medellín, in Colombia. The prison was built to specifications ordered by Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, under a 1991 agreement with the Colombian government in which Escobar would surrender to authorities and serve a maximum term of five full years and the Colombian government would not extradite him to the United States.
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Location | Medellín |
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Coordinates | 6°7′4″N 75°35′6″W |
Status | Closed |
Opened | 19 June 1991 |
Closed | 22 July 1992 |
Country | Colombia |
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