Colombia’s Narco Influencer Showdown

In a city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, a young man rose through the ranks of a violent paramilitary organization to become one of its key leaders. But that wasn’t all. Throughout, he posted his criminal exploits to social media, crafting a Robin Hood image while robbing, dealing and killing the very people he claimed to help. When the young man, going by the name of ‘Bendito Menor’, or ‘Little Blessing’, began taunting Colombia’s new tough guy president, folks began lauding him for showing the state who was really boss in Colombia’s remote north. But there was one wrinkle in the plan: the president was a chronic poster too, and no stranger to the narco world. The two men were headed for a bloody showdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices