“s image, but he acknowledges that there is unlikely to be any agreement between those who see Escobar as a monster and those who still worship him as a saint.”
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Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest conventional criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by his death, while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the US in the 1980s and early 199…
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politics · Colombian drug lord (1949–1993) · drug lord · politician · also Pablo Escobar, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, El Doctor, El Patrón del mal, Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Don Pablo
Born 1 December 1949 · Died 2 December 1993 · Q187447
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2026· 23 entries
“Now you will turn over all their resources to me. If you lie you will die very painfully.”
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“Better a grave in Colombia than a cell in the US.”
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“they try to present me as an associate of the guerilla... hurts my personal dignity... I am a man of investments and therefore I cannot sympathise with the guerillas who fight against property”
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CriptoTendencia: El Personaje de la Semana: cuatro lecciones que deja la ruina de Pablo Escobar
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redmas.com.co: Aparecen sorpresivas marcas de Homero Simpson y Pablo Escobar en Bogotá: Policía descubre trampa usada por delincuentes
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El Universo: Narcofiesta con referencias a Pablo Escobar: alias ‘Colorado’, presunto cabecilla del Los Tiguerones, fue detenido en Santa Lucía
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El Heraldo Austral: Hijo de Pablo Escobar llega a Puerto Varas con charla antidrogas para ocho establecimientos educacionales de la comuna
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Teleamazonas: Fiesta con temática de Pablo Escobar termina con la captura de alias ‘Colorado’ en Guayas
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Primicias: Narcofiesta con decoración alusiva a Pablo Escobar termina en la detención de alias 'Colorado'
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CriptoTendencia: El Personaje de la Semana: Pablo Escobar y el dinero que era tanto que empezaba a pudrirse
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The Mirror US en Español: Descubren al hipopótamo que llevó Pablo Escobar a Colombia cerca de una escuela
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Daily Mirror: Hippo from Pablo Escobar's herd spotted prowling near school as urgent hunt launched
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Patagonia Radio: Hijo de Pablo Escobar llega a Puerto Varas: será uno de los protagonistas de Hack Ur Mindset 2026
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CriptoTendencia: El Personaje de la Semana: Pablo Escobar y la fortuna que se construyó sobre miles de muertos
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Daily Star: The Godfather star killed Pablo Escobar's hitman – then had dinner with the drug lord
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The New York Times: The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia
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The New York Times: Indian Tycoon Offers Refuge to Pablo Escobar’s Condemned Hippos
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The Guardian: Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
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2022· 1 entry
National Geographic produced a documentary, Pablo Escobar: Man vs
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2019· 1 entry
A TV Series, El General Naranjo, which aired on 24 May 2019, which Escobar is portrayed by the Colombian actor Federico Rivera
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2018· 1 entry
National Geographic published another article on the hippos which found disagreement among environmentalists on whether they were having a positive or negative impact but that conservationists and locals – particularly t
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2017· 1 entry
Her book inspired the movie Loving Pablo (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Teleset and Sony Pictures Television produced for RCN Televisión the TV Series En la boca del lobo, was released on 16 August 2016, which Escobar is portrayed by Fabio Restrepo (who portrayed Javier Ortiz in Pablo Escoba
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Broadcast a biography series Facing that included an episode featuring Escobar
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2014· 1 entry
Marroquín published Pablo Escobar, My Father under his birth name
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2013· 1 entry
Fox Telecolombia produced for RCN Televisión a TV Series, Alias El Mexicano, released on 5 November 2013, which Escobar is portrayed by an unknown actor in a minor role
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2009· 1 entry
Two adults and one calf escaped the herd and, after attacking humans and killing cattle, one of the adults (called "Pepe") was killed by hunters under authorization of the local authorities
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2007· 2 entries
In 2007, the journalist Virginia Vallejo published her memoir Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar), in which she describes her romantic relationship with Escobar and the links of her lover with several presidents, Caribbean dictators, and high-profile politicians.
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The journalist Virginia Vallejo published her memoir Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar), in which she describes her romantic relationship with Escobar and the links of her lover with several
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2005· 1 entry
Court TV (now TruTV) crime documentary series Mugshots released an episode on Escobar titled "Pablo Escobar – Hunting The Druglord"
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1996· 1 entry
Book by Gabriel García Márquez, and published in English in 1997
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1995· 1 entry
After failing to find a country that would grant them asylum
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1994· 1 entry
And the relationship between sports and the country's criminal gangs — notably the Medellín narcotics cartel run by Escobar
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1993· 2 entries
Died 1993-12-02.
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Escobar was killed in his hometown by the Colombian National Police, a day after his 44th birthday
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1992· 1 entry
Escobar escaped and went into hiding when authorities attempted to move him to a more standard holding facility, leading to a nationwide manhunt
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1991· 1 entry
Escobar surrendered to authorities, and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a host of charges, but struck a deal of no extradition with Colombian president César Gaviria, with the ability of being housed in his
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1988· 1 entry
And had remained unoccupied ever since, becoming an attraction to foreign tourists seeking out Escobar's physical legacy
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1984· 1 entry
As well as from the sons of Luis Carlos Galán, the presidential candidate who was assassinated in 1989
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia (1982–1983).
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Was elected to the Colombian Congress
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1976· 2 entries
Was investigated by Lara-Bonilla's subordinates
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Escobar founded the Medellín Cartel, which distributed powder cocaine, and established the first smuggling routes from Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, through Colombia and eventually into the United States
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1966· 1 entry
Shortly before his 17th birthday, before returning two years later with his cousin Gustavo Gaviria
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-12-01.
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1948· 1 entry
On Biscayne Bay, was seized by the US federal government in the 1980s
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