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Podcast: The Upshot
Episode: Narco football: cartels, kidnaps and coked-up kickabouts
Description: Colombia is known for many beautiful things. Arabica coffee. Cheap breast implants. Glorious Carribean coast.But in the 1980s, the country was infamous for one thing… cocaine.And Colombian football was ruled by terrifying druglords like Pablo Escobar.From kidnapping referees to prison kickabouts with Maradona, this is the story of narco-football…Read Ryan Ferguson’s excellent article about the era: https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/narco-soccer-pablo-escobar-football-nacionalVideos from the pod:Rene Huguita’s scorpion kick at Wembley: https://www.youtube...