Escobar at the height of his power(Pablo Escobar: Narcos)

Pablo Escobar: Narcos - Escobar at the height of his power

Time: 1989

Place: Medellín, Colombia

Details: During the height of its operations, the Medellín Cartel brought in more than US$70 million per day (roughly $26 billion in a year). Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more than half a billion dollars, into the United States, the cartel spent over US$1,000 per week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash, storing most of it in their warehouses. Ten percent (10%) of the cash had to be written off per year because of "spoilage", due to rats creeping in and nibbling on the bills they could reach.