Pablo Escobar United States
After he spent decades waging war against the colombian state to prevent his extradition to the united states.
Pablo escobar united states. The biggest single cocaine shipment escobar ever made to the united states weighed a whopping 51 000 pounds. Pablo escobar was a colombian drug lord whose ruthless ambition until his death implicated his wife daughter and son in the notorious medellin cartel. Cartel de medellín was a powerful and highly organized colombian drug cartel and terrorist type criminal organization originating in the city of medellín colombia that was founded and led by pablo escobar the drug cartel operated from 1972 to 1993 in bolivia colombia panama central america peru and the united states as well as in canada. Pablo emilio escobar gaviria ˈ ɛ s k ə b ɑːr.
The medellín cartel spanish. He traveled with his wife and kids including his brother roberto cousin gustavo and his mother hermilda. 1 december 1949 2 december 1993 was a colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the medellín cartel dubbed the king of cocaine escobar is the wealthiest criminal in history having amassed an estimated net worth of us 30 billion by the time of his death equivalent to 59 billion as of 2019. The narcoterrorist formed his cartel in medellin in the late 1970s and by the 1908s smuggled 80 of the cocaine sold in the united states.
He is probably the richest and most successful criminal in world history. Some sources say that he was the second richest criminal ever after amado carrillo fuentes. One recent morning a group of visitors from the united states and europe arrived in a chauffeured van part of a growing influx of narcoturistas who come to see the places where pablo escobar. Pablo visited the united states in may of 1981 before he was widely known.
28 of 30 pablo escobar was gunned down at the age of 44. Pablo emilio escobar gaviria december 1 1949 december 2 1993 was a colombian drug lord he is known as one of the world s greatest outlaws escobar was the hardest cocaine dealer to catch. Apparently they rented a vacation house in miami beach that belo. And with the united states pushing for.
Rumours of escobar s hidden fortunes have circulated in medellín since his death after he spent decades waging war against the colombian state to prevent his extradition to the united states.