Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria )
Date of birth: 1 December 1949
Age: 44 years
Date of death: 2 Dec 1993
Place of birth: rionegro, Colombia
Growth: 166
Operation: drug Lord, politician
Marital status: was married
24 years ago a sniper shot proved fatal for one of the most influential figures of criminal business in the world. We are talking about drug Lord Pablo Escobar. The guy comes from a typical family farmer and teacher in Colombia for years has managed to become truly a master of evil, known to the whole world.
According to some, he claimed the lives of 10 thousand people. The gang, created by Escobar, was able to put together an unprecedented status due to the fact that he sold drugs. For his cruelty, he is often compared to John Dillinger, the robber also won is not bright fame.
Pablo himself considered himself a Robin hood and spent part of criminal money to help the poor, for example, building housing for them. In many quarters still Dating his portraits on the streets with the caption "Saint Pablo".
Biography Pablo Escobar became fully known after few decades after his death through the photo archive, which was created by his former classmate Edgar Jimenez. He was not a very successful wedding photographer, while Pablo hadn't invited him to work. After he received worldwide fame thanks to the main character of their stories and became known as El Chino. Only a few decades later he opened for the viewing public family archive drug Lord.
In 1977, Baron has created a "Madalinski the cocaine cartel", which existed for 17 years and seized almost all of the cocaine market in the USA. The cartel was the main principle: "Pay or die". A few years later, Forbes magazine estimated Escobar to the state of $ 47 million.
That dirty money, he built houses for the poor, trying to pass for a local Robin hood, explaining that he was "just helping the poor". In addition, Escobar had more than 500 thousand hectares of land, 30 houses 40 rare cars.
Part of the money Pablo laundered through sponsorship of a soccer team "Atletico Nacional". Football was another passion of criminal. He spent his fortune on building soccer fields and creating other infrastructure. His bodyguard told me that "football was a joy Pablo, his passion, his salvation." But in this area of life, Escobar left a trail of blood: one of his men was charged with the murder of the judges of the match in which a team of drug failed to win.
