Pablo Escobar
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Pablo Escobar | |
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Escobar circa. 1980 | |
Born | Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria 1 December 1949 Antioquia, [[Colombia|“Colombia”]] |
Died | 2 December 1993 (Age 44) Medellín, [[Colombia|“Colombia”]] |
Supposed perpetrator of | Avianca Flight 203 |
On 2 December 1993, Pablo Escobar, the wealthiest drug kingpin the world has ever seen, attempted to flee from a hideout in his home base of Medellín, Colombia, by scrambling across a neighbouring rooftop.
Instead, he was cut down by gunfire, and the resulting image has been seared into the public memory — the bloody corpse of the world’s most powerful drug lord splayed across a tile roof in the city that was once his safest redoubt.[1]