Pablo Escobar was an infamous drug lord who had a huge rise to power in the 1980’s. Not only was one of the most powerful drug lords in the world, he also had extreme wealth. He ordered murders of many people. He was born in 1949 in Medellin. According to family he was very ambitious. He became a street criminal early on but he started becoming more powerful in the early 1970’s where he started into selling drugs. He rose further into power when in 1975 he order a local drug lord to be murdered and he himself then took over that organization. He eventually then took over all crime in Medellin and was responsible for most of the cocaine sales to the United States. In the early 1980’s he was elected to Columbia’s congress and with his political
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He was in such a position that he could have politicians, cops, anyone who crossed him or did not agree with him, put to death. He would attempt to bribe them first put if they did not take the bribe he would have them killed. He ordered assassinations on presidential candidates; he was even thought to be the mastermind behind the 1985 attack on the Columbian Supreme Court where many of the justices were killed. His cartel was also responsible for planting a bomb on a plane that was thought to have a presidential candidate on board. He was not put 110 people were killed. He was also not beyond killing people within his own organization. He could order a taken down of anyone at anytime from where he was, that was how powerful he had become. By the 1980’s Pablo Escobar was listed by Forbes magazine as the seventh richest men in the world. He was so rich that he had huge armies of men, planes, private airports, houses, etc. If wanted it he had it.
The crazy thing about Pablo Escobar is that you would think people would fear him, many did, but his own town of Medellin thought of him as somewhat of a saint because he gave back to the community. He built parks, schools, stadiums, churches, and even housing for the poor of Medellin. I am willing to bet that people in that town would do anything for him because of the money he put into
He was in such a position that he could have politicians, cops, anyone who crossed him or did not agree with him, put to death. He would attempt to bribe them first put if they did not take the bribe he would have them killed. He ordered assassinations on presidential candidates; he was even thought to be the mastermind behind the 1985 attack on the Columbian Supreme Court where many of the justices were killed. His cartel was also responsible for planting a bomb on a plane that was thought to have a presidential candidate on board. He was not put 110 people were killed. He was also not beyond killing people within his own organization. He could order a taken down of anyone at anytime from where he was, that was how powerful he had become. By the 1980’s Pablo Escobar was listed by Forbes magazine as the seventh richest men in the world. He was so rich that he had huge armies of men, planes, private airports, houses, etc. If wanted it he had it.
The crazy thing about Pablo Escobar is that you would think people would fear him, many did, but his own town of Medellin thought of him as somewhat of a saint because he gave back to the community. He built parks, schools, stadiums, churches, and even housing for the poor of Medellin. I am willing to bet that people in that town would do anything for him because of the money he put into