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aw1Ky TIL: Mexico would not extradite cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US without assurances he would not be executed. "Drug kingpin activity", along with treason and espionage, is one of a few "crimes against the state" punishable by death under US federal law.
JG0k TIL the city of Medellin, Colombia reduced motorcycle assassinations by 39% when it banned male passengers from riding on the back of motorbikes
Qv7E TIL As a joke, Pablo Escobar asked one of his men to bring him a cup of coffee and quietly popped an Alka-Seltzer. Escobar accused his bodyguard of poisoning him and ordered his men to tie the man up and point a machine gun at him for ten minutes while he begged for his life