Pablo Escobar

Biography

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a notorious Colombian drug lord and politician who founded the Medellín Cartel, one of the wealthiest and most powerful organized crime groups in history. Dubbed the "King of Cocaine," Escobar amassed an estimated US$30 billion before his death in 1993, monopolizing the cocaine trade into the US in the 1980s and early 1990s. Born in Rionegro, Escobar's rise to power began in the early 1970s, marked by kidnapping, theft, and involvement in the cocaine trade.