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Born in Rionegro and raised in Medellín to parents Abel de Jesús Dari Escobar (Father) and Hemilda Gaviria (Mother)
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he began to work for various drug smugglers, often kidnapping and holding people for ransom
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Escobar ordered the murder of Medellín’s most powerful drug lord, Fabio Restrepo. The first time Escobar was arrested came soon after this, though the case was dropped when he ordered the murder of all the arresting officers.
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Escobar and the Ochoa Vásquez brothers, Fabio, Jorge Luis, and Juan David, found the Medellín Cartel, which distributed powder cocaine, and established the first smuggling routes into the United States.
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Eloped with 15-year-old Maria Victoria Henao
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Sebastian Marroqin was born
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Because of his power, Escobar was elected as an alternate member of the Chamber of Representatives as part of the Liberal Alternative movement. At this point, 80% of the world's cocaine trade was going through him. He had an estimated net worth of $25 million
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Juana Manuela Marroquin Santos was born
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He faced multiple drug charges, so his lawyers came up with a compromise. Escobar would build his own prison, and choose his own guards. Needless to say, the prison was essentially a mansion, with a Jacuzzi and other luxurious add-ons, and the guards let him carry out business from prison. This lasted until 1992 when the public found out that Escobar tortured and murdered people inside his prison. The Colombian government decided to place Escobar in a real prison, but Escobar disappeared.
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Escaped and went into hiding when authorities attempted to move him to a more standard holding facility, leading to a nationwide manhunt. As a result, the Medellín Cartel crumbled
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Two organizations were searching for him. The US-trained Colombian task force called Search Bloc, and the other, Los Pepes, made up of Escobar’s victims and men from a rival Colombian drug cartel, were all looking for him. Police forces found Escobar hiding in a middle-class house in Medellín and shot and killed him on the roof