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Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Dec 11, 2023 · Thirty years ago this month, the bloody reign of the world’s most wanted narco kingpin came to a violent end. As Colombian forces closed in on drug lord Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, the old cliché rang true: “Live by the gun, die by the gun.” On December 2, 1993, Escobar was shot and killed atop a terracotta roof in a Medellín suburb.
May 13, 2019 · By. Christopher Minster. Updated on May 13, 2019. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949–December 2, 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and the leader of one of the most powerful criminal organizations ever assembled. He was also known as "The King of Cocaine."
Feb 26, 2018 · In Colombia, a drug lord’s posthumous celebrity brings profits and controversy. By Jon Lee Anderson. February 26, 2018. Once the world’s most notorious outlaw, Pablo Escobar is now commemorated...
Sep 22, 2018 · Sept. 22, 2018. Leer en español. MEDELLÍN, Colombia — When the mayor of Medellín showed up, he was bearing a sledgehammer. He stood with it in front of the former home of Pablo Escobar, the...
Dec 24, 2021 · Colombia. Pablo Escobar: Unseen portraits of a drug lord. EL PAÍS talks to Edgar Jiménez about what it was like being the personal photographer of the notorious cartel boss during his war...
Mar 28, 2024 · 28 March 2024. By Steven Brocklehurst,BBC Scotland News. Two Rivers Media. Peter McAleese was a mercenary in conflicts such as Rhodesia. Peter McAleese, the mercenary soldier who took part in a...
