Have you ever heard the name Pablo Escobar, and wondered who he was? Pablo Escobar was a drug trafficker that was the main leader of the Medellín cartel. The Medellín cartel when at the height of its power was smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine a day, which was worth more than half a billion dollars. Pablo Escobar is responsible for making cocaine the global drug of choice. He did this by transporting cocaine by the ton from Colombia to larger markets in both America and Europe. (Watson and Katel 18). He was also the top cocaine boss in the Medellín Cartel. The alliance of Mexico’s Ochoa family, Escobar, Jose Gonzalo Rodrigues Gacha, and Carlos Ledher is known as the Medellín Cartel. The Medellín cartel was taking in ten billion dollars a
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(Watson and Katel 18). He built a luxurious retreat in 1981 that was equipped with swimming pools, a 1,000 seat bull ring, and an airstrip. Fernando Montoya was a sculptor that built giant statues of dinosaurs for Escobar. Montoya said “He needed a tranquil place to unwind with his family.” He was not content with fake dinosaurs and bull fights, so he imported foreign animals such as kangaroos, giraffes, hippos, zebras, and rhinos. Some of the animals were either transferred to other zoos or died at the same time Escobar was killed. Part of the estate is now a theme park. (Romero). Escobar’s pride and joy was an 8,000-acre ranch equipped with five swimming pools, human made lakes, an aircraft runway, animal parks, and zoos that had elephants, buffaloes, zebras, lions, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses; he used the animals to his advantage, because the animal’s dung masked the smell of the cocaine. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). He made multibillion dollars by drug trafficking and smuggling, which bought him a mansion in Miami that was stocked with giraffes, camels, and a kangaroo. (Watson and Katel …show more content…
Pablo was on the phone with his 16-year old son when officers broke down the door of his hideout. He jumped from a window barefoot with his pistol ready in attempt to get away; little did he know, a team of United States officers made up of approximately 150 soldiers were waiting for him. (Watson and Katel 18). The United States government put pressure on the Colombian government to extradite Pablo on his trafficking charges. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). Extradition is when a criminal is handed over to the jurisdiction of the foreign place that the crime was committed. Colombia decided not to extradite Escobar, in the condition that he surrendered; but being the master of schemes he is, Escobar would only surrender on the condition that he would build his own jail to ensure his safety from other inmates. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). Inside this prison, he had a king size bed, a jacuzzi, and a private bath. (Fedarko and Caballero). Business didn’t really take a hard hit; he also had telephones, fax machines, and guards who were really more like servants. He spent barely over a year in the prison, awaiting trial for murder, drug trafficking, and many other crimes. The trial was supposed to open in July, and could have made it to where he would be moved to a real prison. In late November of 1993, Pablo escaped from the prison he built. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). While Escobar was in
(Watson and Katel 18). He built a luxurious retreat in 1981 that was equipped with swimming pools, a 1,000 seat bull ring, and an airstrip. Fernando Montoya was a sculptor that built giant statues of dinosaurs for Escobar. Montoya said “He needed a tranquil place to unwind with his family.” He was not content with fake dinosaurs and bull fights, so he imported foreign animals such as kangaroos, giraffes, hippos, zebras, and rhinos. Some of the animals were either transferred to other zoos or died at the same time Escobar was killed. Part of the estate is now a theme park. (Romero). Escobar’s pride and joy was an 8,000-acre ranch equipped with five swimming pools, human made lakes, an aircraft runway, animal parks, and zoos that had elephants, buffaloes, zebras, lions, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses; he used the animals to his advantage, because the animal’s dung masked the smell of the cocaine. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). He made multibillion dollars by drug trafficking and smuggling, which bought him a mansion in Miami that was stocked with giraffes, camels, and a kangaroo. (Watson and Katel …show more content…
Pablo was on the phone with his 16-year old son when officers broke down the door of his hideout. He jumped from a window barefoot with his pistol ready in attempt to get away; little did he know, a team of United States officers made up of approximately 150 soldiers were waiting for him. (Watson and Katel 18). The United States government put pressure on the Colombian government to extradite Pablo on his trafficking charges. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). Extradition is when a criminal is handed over to the jurisdiction of the foreign place that the crime was committed. Colombia decided not to extradite Escobar, in the condition that he surrendered; but being the master of schemes he is, Escobar would only surrender on the condition that he would build his own jail to ensure his safety from other inmates. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). Inside this prison, he had a king size bed, a jacuzzi, and a private bath. (Fedarko and Caballero). Business didn’t really take a hard hit; he also had telephones, fax machines, and guards who were really more like servants. He spent barely over a year in the prison, awaiting trial for murder, drug trafficking, and many other crimes. The trial was supposed to open in July, and could have made it to where he would be moved to a real prison. In late November of 1993, Pablo escaped from the prison he built. (Kelly, Maghan, and Serio). While Escobar was in