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My dad had a business in Colombia and had worked between Colombia and other South and Central American countries all his life. In the mid 90's they killed his
by Grazester 9y ago
My dad had a business in Colombia and had worked between Colombia and other South and Central American countries all his life.
In the mid 90's they killed his business partner while he was out of the country. When he went back for the funeral an attempt was made on his life.
He was approached and gun point on the ports had to jump into the water and dive understand the docks to escape gun fire.
My dad fled the country and left his business and all his assets never to return. My mom told his it wasn't worth his life, which it wasn't.
My dads business partner's wife was at the time was trying to install herself into the day to day operations and have more of a role in the business. He thought she was simply greedy and harmless. My dad now feels different about that because she was the only one that knew my dads schedule and where he was going to be that day.
She was also the only one that knew that her husband was going to be without his body guards that time of day.
My dad has lots of stories of Colombia and it's violence in the 90's, most of which was drug influenced.
It wasn't the media blowing anything up and exaggerating.
My parents loved Colombia and it's people though. It would be great now that it's safer so he can maybe visit the place he loved and worked most of his life.
- tryingagainbro 9y agoHow much money we're talking about in your dad's business? Couple of hundred dollars to a teenage sicario in Escobar's time and you're gone.
- lumberjack 9y ago>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/i-fell-in-love-with-a-female-assassin-791978.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/i-fell-in-l... I remember of this story that was posted on HN, a few months ago. tl;dr woman becomes a paramilitary assassin killing political opponents, later she just becomes a contract killer
- Grazester 9y agoMy dad tried his best to keep his distance from the "narcos". Of course that would have been near impossible at the time in Colombia. He remembers training a young man who was eager to learn the trade of a company my dad worked with. This must have been the 1980's. My dad thought he was genuinely interested in it. Soon after my dad left that company to start working on his own interests. A few years later the guy meets my dad somewhere and tells him how successful he is now all thanks to my dad taking a chance on him, not seeing him as a complete waste of time like others have and training him. He invited my dad to his ranch and my dad took him up on the offer. It turned out he was now working for one of the cartels and making obscene amounts of money doing it. My dad did not maintain contact with this guy after, needless to say. I am now speculating here now but I think my dad partner's wife wanted the business for nefarious purposes. Her husband had businesses in other Central American and North Caribbean countries and to someone trying to move contraband the nature of these businesses would have been extremely valuable.