Pablo Escobar Colombian criminal
Pablo Escobar , in full Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria , (born December 1, 1949, Rionegro, Colombia—died December 2, 1993, Medellín ), Colombian criminal who, as head of the Medellín cartel, was arguably the world’s most powerful drug trafficker in the 1980s and early ’90s. 384.2K 213 0000214229-wtfvid007-109 Pablo Escobar QUICK FACTS BORN 1949 Envigado , Colombia DIED 1993 (aged 44) Medellín , Colombia Soon after his birth, Escobar’s family moved to Envigado , Colombia , a suburb of Medellín. While still a teenager, he began a life of crime . His early illegal activities included smuggling stereo equipment and stealing tombstones to resell. As the cocaine industry grew in Colombia—thanks in part to its proximity to Peru , Ecuador, and Bolivia , major growers of coca , from which cocaine is derived—Escobar became involved in drug smuggling. In the mid-1970s he helped found the crime ...
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