From Narco Roads to Porsche Tolls: How a 28-Km Tunnel Turned Medellín–Santa Fe into a Global Parable of Progress
The 28-kilometer sprint between Medellín and its mountain-shadow suburb Santa Fe de Antioquia used to be a three-hour roulette of potholes, roadside shrines, and the occasional armed checkpoint. Today it is a 30-minute glide along Tunel de la Quiebra—eight kilometers of asphalt that feel positively Swiss until you remember the tunnel was mostly financed by…