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Pablo Escobar

Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)

This article is about the Colombian drug lord. For other uses, see Pablo Escobar (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Gaviria.

Pablo Escobar
Escobar in a 1976 mugshot
Born	Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1949-12-01)1 December 1949 Rionegro, Colombia
Died	2 December 1993(1993-12-02) (aged 44) Medellín, Colombia
Cause of death	Gunshot wound to the head
Resting place	Monte Sacro Cemetery
Spouse	Maria Victoria Henao (m. 1976)
Children	2, including Juan
Other names	El Patrón (The Boss) Don Pablo (Sir Pablo) El Padrino (The Godfather) El Diablo (The Devil) Paisa Robin Hood
Organization	Medellín cartel
Conviction(s)	Illegal drug trade, assassinations, bombing, bribery, racketeering, murder
Criminal penalty	Five years' imprisonment

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; Spanish:[ˈpaβloeskoˈβaɾ];

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Pablo Escobar Facts

Pablo Escobar's mother was a school teacher and his father was a farmer. Pablo Escobar married Maria Victoria Henao Vellejo in 1976. He was 27 and she was 15. They remained married until his death. At one point when the Escobar family was in hiding his daughter became ill. Pablo burned about 2 million dollar bills to keep her warm. Pablo Escobar had a Lear jet specifically for flying his cash around. Pilots that flew planes with tires full of cash could earn half a million dollars a day. Pablo Escobar handled so much cash that he spent about $2500 a month just on rubber bands to hold it. It is estimated that Pablo Escobar's income peaked at $30 billion. From 1987 onward for seven years Pablo Escobar ranked as one of Forbes' billionaires. Pablo Escobar had two submarines that he used to smuggle cocaine into the United States. He also had planes, helicopters, boats, trucks, and cars. It is estimated that Pablo Escobar was responsible for smuggling 15 tons of cocaine every day at the height of his career in the drug

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Pablo Escobar was the world’s most successful drug trafficker. He was also its most deadly. During his 17- year reign at the top of the Colombian cocaine empire, he ordered the killings of thousands of people, including judges, ministers of parliament and Presidential candidates. At the height of his power he was raking in over a million dollars a day, yet in the end he was forced to live as a fugitive in the Colombian jungle. Shot down on a rooftop in the city that he had ruled over, his was a fall from grace of epic proportion.

In this week’s Biographics, we go deep into the South American drug world to reveal the true-life story of Don Pablo.

Early Life

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on December 1st, 1949 in the small town of Rinegro, 45 minutes from Medellin, Colombia. His father, Abel, was a hard working, humble cattle farmer, while his mother Hermilda was a school teacher.

Pablo, the second of seven children, was raised in a middle-class environment in a community that was fuelled by the cocaine and marijuana trade. Although not everyone directly participated in