Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born December 1, 1949 in the city of Rionegro, Colombia. He was the son of Abel de Jesús Dari Escobar Echeverry and Hermilda Gaviria Berrío. Pablo's family moved to Envigado when he was young, where he went on to become one of the most ruthless criminals in history, responsible for the deaths of thousands of people and making billions of dollars from cocaine trafficking by setting up an intricate network of laboratories, transportation routes and distribution hubs throughout the United States and Europe.
Young Pablo enters the drug business in the early 1970s with the ransom money as his starting capital.He works for other drug traffickers for his first few years.Fabio Resterpo, one of Medellin's biggest drug lords, is murdered in 1975.Because Resterpo's men were informed immediately after his death that they were now working for Pablo Escobar, it is believed that Escobar was responsible for this crime, despite the fact that this was never proven.
Pablo Escobar did the dirty work that drug smuggling requires without hesitation.He was known for his bravery.Even though he was a rising drug lord, he never had a problem flying a plane full of coca paste more than a few times, mostly between Colombia and Panama.He decommissioned the plane he used to fly in those early years and hung it over the gate of his famous hacienda for good luck later, when his wealth reached legendary levels.
His cocaine business had a very straightforward supply chain: He brought in high-quality coca pasta from Bolivia and Peru, processed it in Columbia into cocaine, and shipped it to the United States to be sold and distributed.Escobar was a smart businessman who made his business grow quickly and soon needed more employees.The Medellin cartel, an organization that gathered all of the criminal organizations in the suburb, was formed in this manner.
The first drug cartel in history was the Medellin Cartel.Escobar took advantage of the opportunity to conquer and control a large market.The pilot who flew a plane for the Medellin Cartel could receive cuts as high as $750.000 per flight in a few years, depending on the quantity of drugs or raw materials he smuggled into or out of the country. His first import of coca paste cost only 45 dollars.
It was not a secret that Pablo Escobar liked young women.His marriage to Maria Victoria Henao Vellejo, who was only 15 when he proposed to her, is evidence of this.The young couple needed the special blessing of the local bishop before they could wed.He and his wife had two children: Manuela and Juan PabloPablo Escobar had numerous love affairs, the majority with minors, even though they were married until his death in 1993.
Between 1983 and 1987, he had his most well-known affair.Virginia Vallejo, his mistress, went on to become a well-known television personality in Columbia.When Columbian television broadcast a video in which she accused a former senator of instigating Pablo Escobar in her presence to eliminate Luis Carlo Galan, a presidential candidate, on July 24, 2006, she became the focus of a significant media scandal.
Her biography "Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar" (Amando a Paul, odiando a Escobar) contains information about the King of Cocaine at his peak that no other biographer could have gotten.She testified as a crucial witness in multiple legal actions against politicians, including former Colombian presidents.The Truth Commission validated her statements.In connection with the Palace of Justice Siege, a high-ranking for-mer colonel and a former general were given sentences of 35 and 35 years, respectively, following her deposition.In the end, the United States granted her political asylum.
