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PAGE THREE DE FBIMM 0002 UNCLAS E F T O ESCOBAR IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MEDELLIN CARTEL. MIAMI JOINT DRUG INTELLIGENCE GROUP IDENTIFIES HIM AS THE FIRST OF THE CARTEL MEMBERS TO ORGANIZE HIS DRUG OPERATIONS AS A BUSINESS. CURRENT INTELLIGENCE INDICATES ESCOBAR STILL TAKES A PERSONAL AND ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE MEDELLIN CARTEL, TO THE EXTENT OF PERSONALLY MEETING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND DISCUSSING NEW OPERATIONS WITH THEM. TASK FORCE CONCEPT: MIAMI FBI AND MIAMI DEA GROUP 5 HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED CLOSELY IN THE AFOREMENTIONED INVESTIGATION IN WHICH CW WAS INVOLVED. ON OCTOBER 6, 1989, A MEETING WAS HELD WITH FBI AND DEA AT THE ASAC LEVEL AND IT WAS AGREED THAT A JOINT OPERATION WOULD BE MOUNTED WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO LOCATE AND ATTEMPT TO PLACE THE AFOREMENTIONED SUBJECTS IN A LOCATION IN WHICH THEY COULD BE ARRESTED AND EXTRADITED TO THE U.S. DEA AGREED TO FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BY THE CW AND UTILIZE THEIR CONTACTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS NEEDED. FBI WOULD DIRECT THE CW°S ACTIVITIES, AND COORDINATE THE OPERATION WITH DEA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: