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Dec 11, 2023 · Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar killed 30 years ago this month. Questions remain about who exactly fired the fatal shot. Published: December 11th, 2023 - By Christian Cipollini, Contributing Writer. Thousands of Colombians attended Pablo Escobar’s funeral on the day following his death. Courtesy of Steve Murphy and Javier Peña.
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...
Nov 6, 2023 · Pablo Escobar: The Rise and Fall of the ‘King of Cocaine’. Amy Irvine. 06 Nov 2023. Mugshot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellín, 1976. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Colombian National Police / Public Domain. In the annals of criminal history, the name Pablo Escobar looms large.
May 13, 2019 · 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."
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...
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...
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.
