Pablo Escobar was the quintessential druglord. It is estimated that at the height of his career - if you can call it that - Escobar brought in $420 million a week through drug trafficking and other illegal and morally questionable activities. Escobar achieved such great wealth through his dealings that it is said he lost $2.1 billion (you read that right) every year and didn’t even feel it.
The Search Bloc finally captured and killed Escobar on December 2nd, 1993, well over 20 years ago. However, the Colombian drug lord's legend lives on. The world remains fascinated with this complex and difficult character, who is said to have created as much joy through his charitable donations as he did misery through his gang activities. People turn to anecdotes and biographies in order to gain an idea of what day-to-day life was like for Pablo Escobar. In recent years, the Netflix series Narcos has brought his …show more content…
Either that or they just didn’t care.
15. The Wild West -
This picture looks an awful lot like one of those novelty photos you get at a town fair and it speaks volumes about Pablo Escobar’s life and personality that I’m not entirely sure if it is a novelty photo or not.
God only knows what was going through Pablo Escobar’s head as he stood before that camera, dressed like a colonel from a Laurel and Hardy film. While operating a gun under the influence of alcohol is obviously ill-advised, Pablo Escobar doesn’t look like he has any scruples about doing so as he and his buddy proudly display a gun each and a bottle of Jack Daniels between them. It’s unclear exactly who developed this photo, but you can assume they were either murdered afterwards or given a significant amount of money to keep quiet.
14. Friends Will Be Friends
The Search Bloc finally captured and killed Escobar on December 2nd, 1993, well over 20 years ago. However, the Colombian drug lord's legend lives on. The world remains fascinated with this complex and difficult character, who is said to have created as much joy through his charitable donations as he did misery through his gang activities. People turn to anecdotes and biographies in order to gain an idea of what day-to-day life was like for Pablo Escobar. In recent years, the Netflix series Narcos has brought his …show more content…
Either that or they just didn’t care.
15. The Wild West -
This picture looks an awful lot like one of those novelty photos you get at a town fair and it speaks volumes about Pablo Escobar’s life and personality that I’m not entirely sure if it is a novelty photo or not.
God only knows what was going through Pablo Escobar’s head as he stood before that camera, dressed like a colonel from a Laurel and Hardy film. While operating a gun under the influence of alcohol is obviously ill-advised, Pablo Escobar doesn’t look like he has any scruples about doing so as he and his buddy proudly display a gun each and a bottle of Jack Daniels between them. It’s unclear exactly who developed this photo, but you can assume they were either murdered afterwards or given a significant amount of money to keep quiet.
14. Friends Will Be Friends