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The report, made public by the hacktivist group Guacamaya, said a drug lord from another group had hired 10 Colombians, paying them a weekly salary of around $600.

They sometimes also compose songs praising drug lords and there have been instances in the past when singers of such songs, known as "corridos" have been threatened and even killed by rival gangs.

Its distance from the French mainland means drug lords "will no longer be able to have any contact with their criminal networks", Darmanin told JDD.

Three decades after his death, the notorious drug lord has made Medellín a tourism destination.

On a single day late last month, the Mexican government shipped 29 accused drug lords north across the border to face U.S. justice.