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Pablo Escobar Research Paper

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Pablo Escobar was one of the most violent, notorious, profitable and yet one of the most powerful organized crime bosses in history. Escobar began his criminal history in Medellin, Colombia, arrested at the age of 26 for possession of cocaine but never tried or appeared in court. The Medellin Cartel appears to be the most dangerous effulgently this gang was a ruthless, highly organized and much feared Columbian drug cartel that originated in the city of Medellin, Columbia, operated through the 1970’s and 1980’s in Bolivia Columbia, Central America, and the United States. The cartel was found and run by Ochoa Vazquez brothers Jorge Luis, Juan David and Fabia together with Pablo Escobar to become the first modern-day cocaine trafficking alliance. …show more content…

P.1996). Needless to say, by 1984, Escobar controlled over 80 percent of the Colombian drug-trade, raking in over 2.75 billion a year, therefore, is recognized as one of the wealthiest peoples in the world. On the other hand, being the ruthless and violent killer that he was, Escobar was responsible for the deaths of more than 200 judges, 100 police officers, and 107 other individuals. Consequently, by 1990 and the power the cartel had gained, in order to gain some type of control, the Colombian government offered immunity from extradition to the United States to drug traffickers if they turned themselves in (Levinthal, 2012). By 1991, Pablo Escobar, age 41 turned himself in with the agreement that he would be placed in a specially built prison. Unfortunately, the prison was not secure enough to hold Escobar. He escaped to hide, and live here and there, near and far and remained on the run for a

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