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Pablo 's Life Of Crime

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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born December 1, 1949 in Antioquia, Colombia. Pablo’s life was ended on December 2, 1993, when he was surrounded by police and was shot. Pablo Escobar will be remembered in history for being one of the wealthiest and most influential drug lords the world has ever seen. Pablo Escobar grew up from modest means, his father was a peasant farmer and his mother was a school teacher (biography.com editors, 2016). From his early days Escobar strived to raise his status up from modest to extraordinary. Unfortunately, his family could not afford his education so he had to drop out, this was the first step to Escobar’s life of crime (Crimemuseum, 2016). Escobar got his start at crime by becoming and average street thief and eventually stealing cars. Other early exploits include stealing headstones from cemeteries and sanding them off to sell off as new headstones (Crimemuseum, 2016). Escobar’s prominence came in during the “Marlboro Wars” where he had a high profile position in Columbia’s smuggled cigarette market (biography.com editors, 2016). Realizing the potential of the cocaine market Escobar made his first major power play. In 1975, Escobar ordered the assassination of Fabio Restrepo, who was the current head of the cocaine market (Crimemuseum, 2016). Escobar immediately took control of the cocaine market and expanded Restrepo old territory. Pablo Escobar was arrested for the first time after the assassination of Restrepo, though the charges

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