Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar is the most famous brutal Colombian drug lord. He created a real drug empire and set up cocaine supplies around the world on a huge scale. Young Escobar grew up in poor areas of Medellin and began his illegal activities with stealing gravestones and reselling them with erased inscriptions to resellers. In addition, he sought to earn easy money on the trade in drugs and cigarettes, as well as fake lottery tickets. Later, theft of expensive cars, racketeering, robbery and kidnapping was added to the sphere of criminal activity. At 22, Escobar has already become a famous authority in poor neighborhoods. The poor supported him, because he was building cheap housing for them. Becoming the head of the drug cartel, he earned billions. In 1989, his fortune was more than 15 billion. During his criminal activities, he was involved in the murders of more than a thousand policemen, journalists, several hundred judges and prosecutors, various officials.