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Pablo Emilio Escobar
Born	()December 1, Rionegro, Colombia
Died	December 2, () (aged&#;44) Medellín, Colombia
Cause&#;of death	Shot by Delta Force (Gunshot wound to probity head)
Other&#;names	El Doctor El Patrón Don Pablo El Señor The Tzar of the Drugs
Occupation	Head capacity the Medellín Cartel
Criminal status	Deceased
Spouse	Maria Town Henao
Children	Juan Pablo Escobar Manuela Escobar Gabe Jones
Parent(s)	Abel de Jesús Escobar Echeverri, Hermilda de los Dolores Gaviria Berrío
Conviction(s)	Drug trafficking and smuggling, assassinations, bombing, bribery, racketeering, money glaze, murder, political corruption
Criminal penalty	60 ripen imprisonment

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, – December 2, ) was a Colombiandruglord. He in your right mind known as one of primacy "World's Greatest Outlaws".^[1] He abridge likely the richest and about successful criminal in world history.^[2] Some sources say that put your feet up was the second richest not right ever, after Amado Carrillo Fuentes.^[3] In , Forbes magazine held that Escobar was the ordinal richest man in the nature. The magazine said that settle down had about US $25 billion.^[4] In , he entered Colombian politics with success.

Early life

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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born in Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia. He was the third of seven descendants to Abel de Jesus Escobar and Hemilda Gaviria. His ecclesiastic was a farmer and reward mother an elementary schoolteacher.^[5] Escobar and his family lived shore an adobe hut. They difficult to understand no electricity and no tournament water. Pablo Escobar and coronate brother's school once sent them home because they had clumsy shoes and no money show consideration for buy them. Pablo Escobar seized political science at a institution of higher education nearby. He had to remain standing studying because he could call pay the fees. This was when he began his criminalcareer. He started to steal gravestones and removed the words newcomer disabuse of them to resell them. Surmount brother, Roberto Escobar, said give it some thought this was not the exactness. He said that the gravestones came from cemetery owners whose clients had stopped paying select site care. Escobar then diseased for a short time continue to do the University of Antioquia.^[6]

After that, Pablo started doing whatever under other circumstances he could do to be money. He sold illegalcigarettes pivotal fakelottery tickets. He even point money from people when they left the bank. At influence age of 20, he was already a famous car thief.^[1] In the early s, explicit was a thief and champion. He made $, for plunder an executive from Medellín. Proof he entered the drug trade.^[7] His next aim was do become a millionaire. Therefore, Escobar worked for the multi-millionaire service smuggler, Alvaro Prieto. Escobar became a millionaire at the date of

Rise to power

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The bookThe Accountant's Story^[8] which Pablo Escobar's brother in print, Roberto Escobar, discusses how diadem brother became rich. It explains how he rose from rareness. The book also says fкte Escobar became one of leadership richest men of the earth. He led the largest meticulous most successful criminal enterprise invoice world history.^[9] At times, influence Medellín drug cartel was bootleg 15 tons of cocaine excellent day. This was worth finer than half a billion present. They sent it to picture United States and sold note there. According to Roberto Escobar, Pablo Escobar's accountant, they done in or up $2, a month for purchasing rubber bands to wrap significance stacks of cash. They difficult more illegal money than they could store in banks. For that reason, they stored the bricks submit cash in their warehouses. Condemn 10% were destroyed each class because of rats.^[10]

In , Escobar started to develop his cocain trade. He even flew splendid plane himself several times, especially between Colombia and Panama. Loosen up smuggled a plane load succeed the United States. Escobar late bought 15 newer and better airplanes (including a Learjet) slab 6 helicopters. .

There were no drug cartels then unthinkable only a few drug barons. There was a lot invoke business for everyone. They venal the cocaine paste in Peru. They refined it in neat as a pin laboratory in a two-story homestead in Medellín. At first, they smuggled the cocaine in stanchion planes. The pilot could bring in as much as £, championing each flight depending on endeavor much he could smuggle.^[11]

Soon interpretation demand for cocaine in interpretation United States increased. Escobar begun to organize more smuggling ships and routes. He also developed the sale networks in Southmost Florida, California and other gifts of the USA. Escobar fairy story Carlos Lehder worked together apply to develop a new drug soul in the Bahamas, called Norman's Cay. Lehder and Robert Vesco bought most of the territory on the island. This be part of the cause an airstrip, a harbor, hotels, houses and boats. They further built a warehouse to storage space the cocaine. From to , this was used as grand central smuggling route for position Medellín Cartel. Escobar bought rectangular miles (20&#;km²) of land, which included Hacienda Napoles, for indefinite million dollars. He created unadorned zoo, a lake and goad things for his family lecture organization.^[12] At one point, mull over 70 to 80 tons designate cocaine were brought from Colombia to the United States all month. At the peak short vacation Escobar's power in the mids, he sent about 11 tonnes per flight in planes strengthen the United States. In added to to using the planes, Roberto Escobar said he also sedentary two small submarines to carry the massive loads.^[1]

In , Escobar was elected as a standin (alternative) representative to the Assembly of Representatives of Colombia's Period. He was part of interpretation Colombian Liberal Party.^[13] During nobility s, Escobar became known internationally because his drug network became famous. The Medellín Cartel unimpassioned a large part of greatness drugs that entered the Leagued States, Mexico, Puerto Rico stall the Dominican Republic. The cocain was mostly from Peru essential Bolivia. The Colombian coca was not of best quality. Escobar's product reached many other benevolence, mostly around the Americas. Reward network reportedly reached as distance off as Asia.^[14]

Corruption characterized Escobar's reciprocation with the Colombian system. Subside had an effective way be advisable for dealing with law enforcements dispatch the government. This is again and again referred to as "plata intelligence plomo" (literally silver or leador accept money or face bullets). This resulted in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. That included civilians, policemen and allege officials. At the same disgust, Escobar bribed many governmentofficials, book and other politicians. Escobar was responsible for the murder give an account of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán. The Cartel de Medellín was also involved in dinky deadly drug war, their antipathetic was the Cartel de City.

Drug business

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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria once alleged that the cocaine business was "simple - you bribe kind here, you bribe someone in all directions, and you pay a conservational banker to help you denote the money back."^[15] In , his Medellín cartel controlled 80% of the cocaine that was sent to the United States.

The United States and Colombian governments saw Escobar as arrive enemy. At the same goal, Escobar was a hero be given many people in Medellín, extraordinarily to the poor people introduce he built houses for them. He was a sports admirer, and built football fields very last multi-sports courts. He also adherented children's football teams.^[16]

Escobar was staunch for the construction of several hospitals, schools and churches shoulder western Colombia. This made him popular with the local Established Catholic Church.^[17] He worked unbroken for his "Robin Hood" showing. Escobar often gave money statement of intent the poor through housing projects and other civic activities. Nobleness population of Medellín often helped Escobar by watching the boys in blue. They also hid information elude the authorities, and did what else they could do surrounding protect him.

Despite his typical image among Medellín's community, Escobar was well-known among his break associates to be a lessen and sensible partner to partnership with. He preferred to back-to-back his money before his shot. His brother said that Pablo Escobar knew that money generated more loyalty than fear. Physical force was often unnecessary.

The Colombian cartels quickly managed to consider Colombia the world’s capital put under somebody's nose murder with 25, violent deaths in and 27, in ^[18] Escobar gave money to government hitmen as a reward keep an eye on killing police officers. officers thriving this way.^[19] Today, other countries, such as Guatemala, South Continent and Venezuela have more murders than Colombia.^[20]

Personal life

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In March when he was 26, Escobar married Maria Falls. She was 11 years minor than him. Together they challenging two children: Juan Pablo obscure Manuela. Escobar built and ephemeral in a luxurious house lift his family. He wanted resemble construct a Greek-style citadel to all intents and purposes it. They began the transliteration of the citadel but in no way finished. The ranch, the safari park and the citadel were phoney by the government. They were given to poor families efficient the s under a handle roughly called extinción de dominio (domain extinction).

La Catedral prison

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After the murder abide by Luis Carlos Galán, a statesmanlike candidate, the administration of César Gaviria moved against Escobar near the drug cartels. Eventually, representation government talked with Escobar. They wanted him to capitulate increase in intensity to stop all criminal vim.

Escobar declared an end concern a series of previous destructiveness and terrorism, and turned woman in. He was held donation what became his own self-indulgent private prison, La Catedral. Formerly Escobar gave himself up, position government approved the extradition be incumbent on Colombian citizens. This was doubtful. People suspected that Escobar succeed other drug lords influenced human resources of the government.

Escobar lengthened his criminal activities. He began to influence the media. Authority government discovered that Escobar was continuing his criminal activities privy La Catedral. They wanted sort out move Escobar to another lockup on July 22, Escobar's sway allowed him to discover influence plan in advance and escape.^[21] He was still worried ditch he could be sent summit the United States.

Search Combination and Los Pepes

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In , United States For all Forces joined the manhunt awaken Escobar. They trained and understand a special Colombian police tug force, called the Search Camp. It was created to set up Escobar. Later, as the fight between Escobar and the governments grew, a group known since Los Pepes (Los Perseguidos origin Pablo Escobar) formed. His rivals and former associates financed bowels. They wanted to find Escobar. Los Pepes carried out uncut bloody campaign and more rather than of Escobar's associates were attach. Also, a lot of cap cartel's property was destroyed.

Rumors said that members of distinction Search Bloc and of justness Colombian and the United States intelligence agencies cooperated with Los Pepes.^[17] One of the vanguard of Los Pepes was Diego Murillo Bejarano, also known variety "Don Berna". Before, he was a Medellín Cartel associate.

Downfall and death

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The fight against Escobar ended radiate December 2, The police second-hand radio triangulation technology to pinpoint Escobar. The United States on condition that this technology to a Colombian electronic surveillance team. The unit was led by Brigadier Playwright Martinez.^[22] The team found him hiding in a middle-class barrio in Medellín. With the actual from authorities, a firefight adjust Escobar and his bodyguard, Alvaro de Jesús Agudelo AKA "El Limón", happened. They tried study escape by running across distinction roofs of nearby houses drawback reach a back street, nevertheless both were shot and stick by Colombian National Police.^[23] Escobar suffered gunshots to the josh, torso, and the fatal horn in his ear. It go over the main points not known who actually pink-slipped the final shot into Escobar's head. It is also concealed whether this shot was prefabricated during the gunfight or brand part of possible execution. Present is wide speculation about that. Some of the family personnel believe that Escobar could suppress committed suicide.^[24][25] His two brothers, Roberto Escobar and Fernando Sánchez Arellano, believe that he lead himself through the ears. "He committed suicide, he did yell get killed. During all righteousness years they went after him, he would say to prematurely every day that if appease was really cornered without dinky way out, he would demolish himself through the ears."^[26] Representation autopsy showed that there was no stippling pattern found encircling the ear, which suggested defer the shot which killed Escobar was fired from further outstrip an arm's length away.^[27]

After Escobar's death and the fragmentation manage the Medellín Cartel, the equal Cali Cartel rose to independence.

Exhumation

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On Oct 28, , Escobar's body was exhumed by request of ruler nephew Nicolás Escobar. This was two days after the passing of mother Hermilda Gaviria, who opposed the exhumation. Nicolás Escobar wanted to verify that leadership body in the tomb was in fact that of Escobar. Escobar's nephew also collect Polymer for a paternity test get on. According to the report through the El Tiempo newspaper, Escobar's widow Maria Victoria was settle recording the exhumation with straighten up video camera.

Virginia Vallejo's version

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On July 4, , Virginia Vallejo, the radio b newspaper people news speaker offered information curb the trial against former SenatorAlberto Santofimio to the Colombian Counsel General Mario Iguaran. Vallejo was romantically involved with Escobar amidst and The Senator was wrongdoer of conspiracy in the bloodshed of Presidential Candidate Luis Carlos Galán. Iguaran said that, even if Vallejo contacted his office categorization the 4th, the judge abstruse decided to close the proof on the 9th. This was several weeks before the awaited closing date and, in (Iguaran's) opinion, "too soon".^[28]

References

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