Illegal drug trade find new drugs and markets. In this time period, there was an increase in activity of Caribbean cartels that led to the rise of an alternate route of smuggling through Mexico. This led to the increased collaboration between major Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers. Such drastic changes in the execution of drug trade in Colombia paired with the political instabilities and rise of drug wars in Medellin and Cali, gave way for the rise of the smaller Colombian drug trafficking organizations (and the rise of heroin trade). As the drug trade's influence over the economy increased, drug lords and their
Theodore Bayer found Theodore Bayer to be a high level and important member of the CPUSA. Theodore Bayer cover name as assigend by the GRU and deciphered in Venona project transcripts is SIMON. Bayer is referenced in the following Venona project decryptions: Theodore Bayer Theodore Bayer was president of the "Russky Golos", or "Russian Voice" Publishing Company, which published an anti-capitalist Russian-language newspaper during the Great Depression and World War II. "Russky Golos" was funded by the Comintern and by advertising, commercial newsstand and subscription sales. Its editorial position was closely aligned with the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA). Bayer