Amongst his worst crimes is the explosion of Avianca Flight 203 107 people on board died because Escobar believed a political rival was on the flight (per Noiser). He was the mastermind behind over 200 car bombs in the Colombian drug wars and even organised the bombing of a commercial airliner in which 107 people died. Associated Press reports that he even hired people to specifically target police officers. According to Ati, Pablo’s wealth peaked at 30 billion dollars. Escobar ordered hits on journalists, judges, and political candidates. After he died, Pablo Escobar’s money was difficult to track. Since 2021, the government has demolished at least 129 vending spots countrywide.īut many quickly return, including The Bronx. When you die, you cant take the money with you. His leftist rival Gustavo Petro wants to address drug use as a public health problem. Gutierrez, the right-wing candidate in presidential elections later this month, has vowed a harsher police clampdown on domestic drug trafficking. Why did the violence begin Everybody knows that the violence in Colombia was Pablo Escobar. Who Was Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, popularly referred to simply as Pablo Escobar, was perhaps the most infamous and powerful drug kingpin in the world until his death in 1993. In 2018, then Medellin mayor Federico Gutierrez accompanied nearly 1,000 police who bulldozed the city's main drug market, known as "The Bronx." On December 2, 1993, police forces found Escobar hiding in a middle-class house in Medelln and shot and killed him on the roof. Official reports claim Pablo Escobar was shot and killed by law enforcement in Medellin, Colombia, in 1993. criminals will see a business opportunity," he said. Colombian police and military forces storm the rooftop where drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead just moments earlier during an exchange of gunfire between security forces and Escobar and his. the security strategy is working."īustamante conceded that some police have been arrested for colluding with traffickers, without giving numbers. "They are delivered (by the narcos) to create the image that.
it is often not the product of (police) intelligence," Quijano added. Low-grade cocaine is mixed with other substances to provide a cheap and potentially dangerous high JOAQUIN SARMIENTO AFP
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