Álvaro Obregón

Colombian citizens lived in fear and repression throughout Escobar’s reign. There was crime, death, and fear in most parts of the cities (John). Escobar had no problem killing any one in his path. Many people lived their lives in fear due to his reign over the cartel(s). Economically, Colombia was doing just fine, there was lots of money fluctuating in and out of the country. Escobar kept the government so unstable Colombia was viewed by other countries as a narcrocrasy. The government itself…

Jaime Escalante was born December 31, 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia, to Zenobio and Sara Escalante. He was the second child born in his family of eight. When Escalante was fourteen his mother sent him to San Calixto High School. Later on in his teenage year’s Escalante’s father died so his family wasn’t able to afford for him to go to San Calixto anymore. At that time, Escalante hoped that he would be able to go to engineering school but because his family couldn’t afford to go to school, he couldn’t…

countries. To begin with, Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug lord in Colombia, if not the world. Escobar put all of the money he collected when he was a teen into a large amount of cocaine, joining forces with his brother Roberto and friend/smuggler Alvaro Pricto.…

Pablo Escobar, born in December of 1949, was the leader Columbian Medellin Cartel, controlling vast empire of drugs and murders internationally. Escobar was accepted into provincial university, but soon dropped out due to finical inability, eventually turning to crimes such as car theft and later marijuana growth. After partnering with Joe Ochoa, their profits from the distribution of marijuana quickly rose, and the duo expanded into the new cocaine business. Escobar soon established himself as…

Some may call him the Colombian Robin Hood. Others call him El zar de cocaina (The tzar of cocaine). Either way, Pablo Escobar was a wealthy drug lord who affected Colombia in both positive and negative ways. It is undeniable that Pablo for better or worse changed Colombia. It is up to the people to decide whether he is the Colombian Robin Hood or the world's greatest outlaw. Pablo knew what it was like to be poor, unable to buy something as necessary as shoes. This allowed him to be able…

Have you ever wondered the similarities and differences between Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) and Pablo Escobar? Joaquin Guzman and Pablo Escobar are the most popular drug lords in the entire world. Joaquin Guzman is a Mexican drug lord that is the leader of a group known as the Sinaloa Cartel. Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord that was the leader of the Medellin Cartel. These two drug lords have earned billions of dollars from selling drugs all across the world. Joaquin Guzman and Pablo…

So, my person of choice is Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. I chose him because he came from nothing in the slums of Colombia to become one of the most successful well-known politicians/narcos of his time and current times. He was one of those people that was able to turn dirty drug money into clean money by donating it to charities and to soccer teams in Colombia. When he first started he was just trafficking cigarettes but as his empire grew a few already successful narcos got him in the cocaine…

This is further complicated by the fact that there were multiple assassins at the scene. Three possible suspects are Jesús Herrera, whose brothers were killed by Villa, Melitón Lozoya, who owed money to Villa, and Álvaro Obregón, a former enemy and the Mexican President at the time. All of these men would stand to benefit from his death. Villa’s enemies were numerous due to his life as a revolutionary fighter and prominent figure. Any of his enemies could have organized…

The Mexican Revolution was brought on by tremendous disagreement among the Mexican people over the dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz, who stayed in office for thirty one years. Under his rule, Mexico went through a period of modernization and economic expansion. But along with the good came a lot of bad. Most people lived in poverty .There was a policy of no reelection but he ignored that rule and kept running for president.…

justified? Well the assassination of Pancho Villa was justified because Obregon (Alvaro Obregon was a general) and Villa both made an agreement but Villa then broke the agreement. The agreement was that Villa would not join the Mexican politics. Villa joined either way because Mexico at the time was in need of a new president. With Villa joining the Mexican politics, he became to be a threat towards Obregon. Due to the fact, Obregon got mad because Villa broke the agreement they had about him…