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Some of them consider him a saint and pray to him for receiving divine help. [50], On 4 July 2006, Virginia Vallejo, a television anchorwoman romantically involved with Escobar from 1983 to 1987, offered Attorney General Mario Iguarán her testimony in the trial against former Senator Alberto Santofimio, who was accused of conspiracy in the 1989 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán. Pablo reconstructed the airplane from the scrap parts that were left and later hung it above the gate to his ranch at Hacienda Nápoles. Pablo owned four hippos at the time of his death, by 2007 the animals had multiplied to 16. He reportedly spent $2500 a month just on rubber bands to wrap all the money. During all the years they went after him, he would say to me every day that if he was really cornered without a way out, he would 'shoot himself through the ear'. Born on 25 May 1984 in Colombia, Manuela Escobar is the daughter of Pablo Escobar and Maria Victoria Henao. Members of the Cali Cartel even replayed their recordings of her conversations with Pablo for their wives to demonstrate how a woman should behave. [24], At one point it was estimated that 70 to 80 tons of cocaine were being shipped from Colombia to the United States every month. In 2007, the journalist Virginia Vallejo published her memoir Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar), in which she describes her romantic relationship with Escobar and the links of her lover with several presidents, Caribbean dictators, and high-profile politicians. Pablo's fame eventually turned into a reign of terror for his home country of Colombia. [15], Raised in the nearby city of Medellín, Escobar is thought to have begun his criminal career as a teenager, allegedly stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale to local smugglers. Escobar would buy cocaine paste in Peru which would then be sent to a laboratory to be refined and subsequently smuggled into plane tires. The space was the height of luxury with a football pitch, a bar, Jacuzzi, and even a waterfall. After he died, Pablo Escobar’s money was difficult to track. [53][54] On 24 July, a video in which Vallejo had accused Santofimio of instigating Escobar to eliminate presidential candidate Galán was aired by RCN Television of Colombia. ", "Pablo Escobar's six-floor apartment demolished in Medellin as symbol of rebirth", "What is actor Christian Bale doing next? Escobar was confined in what became his own luxurious private prison, La Catedral, which featured a football pitch, giant dollhouse, bar, Jacuzzi, and waterfall. They were deemed too difficult to seize and move after Escobar's death, and hence left on the untended estate. [66] Living under her assumed name, Henao became a successful real estate entrepreneur until one of her business associates discovered her true identity, and Henao absconded with her earnings. When he later bought fifteen bigger airplanes, including a Learjet and six helicopters, according to his son, a dear friend of Pablo's died during the landing of an airplane, and the plane was destroyed. The two fugitives attempted to escape by running across the roofs of adjoining houses to reach a back street, but both were shot and killed by Colombian National Police. In the 1982 parliamentary election, Escobar was elected as an alternate member of the Chamber of Representatives as part of the Liberal Alternative movement. [18] In the early 1970s, prior to entering the drug trade, Escobar acted as a thief and bodyguard, allegedly earning US$100,000 by kidnapping and holding a Medellín executive for ransom. He made the list of of world's billionaires every year for the next seven years. Forbes Magazine first peg Pablo's wealth at north of $1 billion in 1987 as part of their inaugural list of international billionaires. Pablo Escobar net worth is $30 Billion Pablo Escobar Wiki Biography Pablo Escobar was born on 1 December 1949, in Rionegro, Columbia, and is widely recognized as having been a major crime figure in Latin America as a cocaine trafficker and narco-terrorist, most famous for his illegal drug deals. [81][82] As of early 2014, 40 hippos have been reported to exist in Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia, from the original four belonging to Escobar. Her statements prompted the reopening of the case in 2008; Vallejo was asked to testify, and many of the events she had described in her book and testimonial were confirmed by Colombia's Commission of Truth. The Cartel smuggled in over 15 tons per day. In the early 1980s, Pablo paid Panamanian leader/General Manuel Noriega an estimated $350 million to stash billions of dollars in the country's banks. But, even after his death, Pablo Escobar’s money remained a mystery. In Peru, Pablo would buy the cocaine paste, which would then be refined in a laboratory in a two-story house in Medellín. Just look at this 2015 description by Business Insider: "Despite his humble origins, Pablo Escobar became the leader of the Medellín cartel, which was responsible for 80% of the global cocaine market. Pablo Escobar In the last issue of Forbes magazine we ranked Joaquin Guzman Loera (a.k.a. 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[22], Roberto Escobar maintains Pablo fell into the drug business simply because other types of contraband became too dangerous to traffic. ", "Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez to Play PABLO ESCOBAR", "Joe Carnahan Is Going to Be Killing a New Pablo, and We Know Who It Is", "Javier Bardem on Playing Pablo Escobar With Penelope Cruz in, "Mugshots | Pablo Escobar – Hunting the Druglord", "Telemundo Media's 'Pablo Escobar, El Patron del Mal' Averages Nearly 2.2 Million Total Viewersby zap2it.com", "New on Netflix August 2015: From Narcos and Spellbound to Kick Ass 2 and Dinotrux", "Ex-DEA agents who fought Pablo Escobar headline new NatGeo documentary", "Is Countdown to Death: Pablo Escobar (2017) on Netflix USA? Henao even successfully negotiated for her son's life by personally guaranteeing he would not seek revenge against the cartel or participate in the drug trade. Perhaps most notably, Netflix's Narcos was released in August 2015 and chronicles the hunt for Escobar. In The Accountant's Story, Roberto Escobar discusses how Pablo rose from middle-class simplicity and obscurity to one of the world's wealthiest men. The four-bedroom estate, built in 1948 on Biscayne Bay, was seized by the US federal government in the 1980s. According to his brother, Escobar did not purchase Norman's Cay; it was, instead, a sole venture of Lehder's. [44], Escobar also owned a huge Caribbean getaway on Isla Grande, the largest of the cluster of the 27 coral cluster islands comprising Islas del Rosario, located about 22 miles (35 km) from Cartagena. Born in Rionegro and raised in Medellín, Escobar studied briefly at Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana of Medellín, but left without graduating; he instead began engaging in criminal activity, selling illegal cigarettes and fake lottery tickets, as well as participating in motor vehicle theft. Many citizens helped avoid Pablo avoid arrest by serving as lookouts and lying to the authorities. Even as a child, Pablo had a head for business. The compound, now half-demolished and overtaken by vegetation and wild animals, featured a mansion, apartments, courtyards, a large swimming pool, a helicopter landing pad, reinforced windows, tiled floors, and a large, unfinished building to the side of the mansion.[45]. We [would] drive to places where he dreamed of building schools for the poor. "[30] In 1989, Forbes magazine estimated Escobar to be one of 227 billionaires in the world with a personal net worth of approaching US$3 billion[31] while his Medellín Cartel controlled 80% of the global cocaine market. Release year: 2012. Escobar's legacy remains controversial; while many denounce the heinous nature of his crimes, he was seen as a "Robin Hood-like" figure for many in Colombia, as he provided many amenities to the poor, while his killing was mourned and his funeral attended by over 25,000 people. By the mid-1980s, Pablo Escobar had an estimated net worth of $30 billion and cash was so prevalent that Escobar purchased a Learjet for the sole purpose of flying his money. 1975 was the year Pablo began his massive cocaine operation titled the Medellin Cartel. Also know as the "king of cocaine", Pablo was the notorious Colombian drug lord of all times, supplying over 80% of cocaine into the United States, flying planes several times in a day from Colombia to Panama and transporting US through smuggling routes, he earned over 21.9 US billion dollar annually as his personal income. Later, as the conflict between Escobar and the governments of the United States and Colombia dragged on, and as the numbers of Escobar's enemies grew, a vigilante group known as Los Pepes (Los Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar, "People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar") was formed. "The Road to Italy: In the Shadow of the Drug Barons". His criminal mind was reported to start during his teenage years. Davison, Phil. The video was seen by 14 million people, and was instrumental for the reopened case of Galán's assassination. Escobar's influence allowed him to discover the plan in advance and make a successful escape, spending the remainder of his life evading the police.[37][38]. He was shot and killed on the rooftop of an apartment complex in 1993. [20] He is known to have had a bank deposit of COL 100 million (more than US$3 million), when he turned 26.[21]. Manuela Escobar Age, Net Worth, & Present Life July 21, 2020 Kane Editorial 1 Pablo Escobar is a name that no-one can forget as he has printed his … [86] In 2018, National Geographic published another article on the hippos which found disagreement among environmentalists on whether they were having a positive or negative impact, but that conservationists and locals - particularly those in the tourism industry - were mostly in support of their continued presence. [8][48] His two brothers, Roberto Escobar and Fernando Sánchez Arellano, believe that he shot himself through the ear. Pablo Escobar Net Worth 2018 – $30 Billion ($56 Billion in 2017) How Did Pablo Escobar Make His Money & Wealth. The Robin Hood image that Escobar had cultivated maintained a lasting influence in Medellín. Many curious about his net worth from the most prolific drug lord in history. At such a young age, Escobar has already had his ambition to become a millionaire when he reaches twenty two. [8] As a result, the Medellín Cartel crumbled, and in 1993, Escobar was killed in his hometown by Colombian National Police, a day after his 44th birthday.[9]. Escobar's widow (María Henao, now María Isabel Santos Caballero), son (Juan Pablo, now Juan Sebastián Marroquín Santos) and daughter (Manuela) fled Colombia in 1995 after failing to find a country that would grant them asylum. [16] Escobar's son, Sebastián Marroquín, claims his father's foray into crime began with a successful practice of selling counterfeit high school diplomas,[4] generally counterfeiting those awarded by the Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana of Medellín. [28] M-19 were paid to break into the Palace and burn all papers and files on Los Extraditables, a group of cocaine smugglers who were under threat of being extradited to the U.S. by the Colombian government. Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more than half a billion dollars, into the United States, the cartel spent over US$1,000 per week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash, storing most of it in their warehouses. Pablo Escobar, el patrón del mal. They had two children: son Juan Pablo, who later changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin, and daughter Manuela. While we work diligently to ensure that our numbers are as accurate as possible, unless otherwise indicated they are only estimates. If he was alive and still at work today, Pablo Escobar's net worth would be more than $100 billion, making him the richest person on earth. The siege, a retaliation motivated by the Supreme Court studying the constitutionality of Colombia's extradition treaty with the U.S., resulted in the murders of half the judges on the court. As demand for more and better cocaine increased, Escobar began working with Roberto Suárez Goméz, helping to further the product to other countries in the Americas and Europe, as well as being rumored to reach as far as Asia. Pablo Escobar’s net worth in 1993, upon his death, was $30 billion.For a comparison, El Chapo’s net worth was incomparably lower, estimated at $2-4 billion. By this point, there was no chance he would be extradited to the U.S. for his crimes as it had been prohibited by the new Colombia Constitution of 1991. [73], Argentinian filmmaker Nicolas Entel's documentary Sins of My Father (2009) chronicles Marroquín's efforts to seek forgiveness, on behalf of his father, from the sons of Rodrigo Lara, Colombia's justice minister who was assassinated in 1984, as well as from the sons of Luis Carlos Galán, the presidential candidate who was assassinated in 1989. Escobar was elected to Congress of Colombia in 1982, but he could not keep his insane wealth and the reason for it a secret. Pablo is reported to have had multiple affairs throughout the marriage. [95] Details about them, and additional films about Escobar, are listed below. Submit a correction suggestion and help us fix it! At the height of his power, drug traffickers from Medellín and other areas were handing over between 20% and 35% of their Colombian cocaine-related profits to Escobar, as he was the one who shipped cocaine successfully to the United States. Escobar married 15-year-old Maria Victoria Henao in March 1976, when he was 26 years old. [43], Escobar also owned a home in the US under his own name: a 6,500 square foot (604 m2), pink, waterfront mansion situated at 5860 North Bay Road in Miami Beach, Florida. Pablo Escobar. He owned over two dozen planes, including a Learjet and six helicopters, that he used to smuggle the drugs between Colombia, Panama, and routes across the United States. Pablo Escobar net worth is estimated at $30 billion. [84], The National Geographic Channel produced a documentary about them titled Cocaine Hippos. On 31 August 2011 Santofimio was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the crime.[55][56]. In the mid-1980s, at the height of its power, the Medellín Cartel was shipping as much as 11 tons per flight in jetliners to the United States (the biggest load shipped by Escobar was 51,000 pounds (23,000 kg) mixed with fish paste and shipped via boat, as confirmed by his brother in the book Escobar). Naturally, the relationship was frowned upon by her family and the pair secretly eloped. [67] According to her son, Henao fell in love with Escobar "because of his naughty smile [and] the way he looked at [her]. This act was controversial, as it was suspected that Escobar and other drug lords had influenced members of the Constituent Assembly in passing the law. [76] Escobar's body was exhumed on 28 October 2006 at the request of some of his relatives in order to take a DNA sample to confirm the alleged paternity of an illegitimate child and remove all doubt about the identity of the body that had been buried next to his parents for 12 years. [51][52], On 18 July 2006, Vallejo was taken to the United States on a special flight of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for "safety and security reasons" due to her cooperation in high-profile criminal cases. When his father was alive, the family had a collective net worth of $30 billion, though after his death, most of their money was seized by Columbian authorities leaving almost nothing to the family when they fled. Pablo quickly escaped and remained on the run from a small army made up of Colombian drug police, DEA agents, and American special forces soldiers. Manuela loved singing from an earl… The group was financed by his rivals and former associates, including the Cali Cartel and right-wing paramilitaries led by Carlos Castaño, who would later fund the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá. 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A pilot could make up to $500,000 USD per flight for smuggling the drugs. 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