La Catedral

La Catedral
Helipad overlooking the City of Medellín
La Catedral is located in Colombia
La Catedral
LocationMedellín
Coordinates6°7′4″N 75°35′6″W / 6.11778°N 75.58500°W / 6.11778; -75.58500
StatusClosed
Opened1991
ClosedJuly 1992
CountryColombia

La Catedral was a personal prison overlooking the city of Medellín, in Colombia. The prison was built to specifications ordered by Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Escobar, under a 1991 agreement with the Colombian government in which Escobar would surrender to authorities and serve a maximum term of five full years and the Colombian government would not extradite him to the United States. The prison now is administered as a monastery by Catholic monks of the Benedictine Order.