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    Pancho Villa was wanted because of all the crimes he has done in his life and was assassinated for his mistakes. Pancho Villa was born on June 5th, 1878, in Rio Grande and he grew up and helped his parents on the farm for awhile. After his father’s death, he was the head of his house and he also shot a man was who was harassing his sister. He tries to leave and hide, but he was found and he was imprisoned. After that, he escaped and he became a bandit. While Pancho Villa was living as a fugitive

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    Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was one of the most remarkable drug traffickers that has ever lived. Pablo was born in a little town called Rionegro, located very close to Colombia’s capital which is Medellin. Escobar was a very ambitious person. One of Pablo’s famous known quotes was “plata o plomo” which means money or death. Although some people admired and idealized Pablo Escobar for many he was considered a criminal because, he was the leader and founder of the “Cartel De Medellin” which lead to

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    Pablo Escobar was one of the most violent, notorious, profitable and yet one of the most powerful organized crime bosses in history. Escobar began his criminal history in Medellin, Colombia, arrested at the age of 26 for possession of cocaine but never tried or appeared in court. The Medellin Cartel appears to be the most dangerous effulgently this gang was a ruthless, highly organized and much feared Columbian drug cartel that originated in the city of Medellin, Columbia, operated through the 1970’s

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    Pablo Escobar was one of the biggest drug lords to ever live. At one point in his career Escobar was smuggling 15 tons of cocaine into the U.S each day. He was a pioneer of the drug world making the first smuggling paths from Columbia to the United States. He advanced the drug world in ways never seen before. Pablo Escobar was born on December 1st, 1949 in Rionegro, Colombia, he was the third of seven children. His father Abel was a farm worker and his mother Hermilda was an elementary school teacher

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    There were many conflicts that were more significant in terms of gains, losses, and casualties than that of Villa’s raid of Columbus, New Mexico. Upon hearing that the nearby town of Columbus, New Mexico was lightly garrisoned, Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa ordered what remained of his army to attack the small farming town. His well-earned reputation had been seriously damaged by this point considering recent losses that devastated his army, having both the Mexican and American

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    -- The Mexican Revolution -- The Mexican Revolution was a complex and bloody conflict which lasted about a decade, and in which one million people lost their lives. So...did the ends justify the means? Causes: The Mexican people wanted to overthrow the dictator at the time, Porfirio Díaz Mori who had been in office for 34 years, longer than any other dictator had ever ruled Mexico. He violated a good amount of the laws put in place by the Constitution of 1857. People were not happy with him

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    Should Escobar be known as a threat or as an inspiration for the others? Title: Pablo Escobar, the history of the infamous villain who became the evilest lord that world has ever seen. Introduction. Pablo Escobar, one of the greatest outlaws throughout the history who grew from one of the poorest neighborhoods of Medellin to be the most famous drug lord in the world whose legacy continues even nowadays in Colombia. Escobar was born in Medellin, Colombia, on 1-st of December 1949 and was killed on

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    Who was a better drug lord? This term paper consists of two drug lords. One named Pablo Escobar and the other name Joaquin Guzman. Pablo Escobar was born December 1st, 1949 in Antioquia Colombia. He married Maria Henao and had two children. He went on in life to be a drug lord in Colombia and died December 2nd, 1993 a day after his birthday. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was born December 25th, 1954 or April 4th, 1957. Neither date has been identified as his primary birth date. He married Emma Aispuro

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    Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria has gone down in history as one of the most infamous drug kingpins in the world. He was born in 1949 to a humble lower-middle-class family in Columbia. Though his family came from subtle means Pablo always desired to be powerful and wealthy. Though his original ambition was to become President of Columbia, the life of crime seemed to suit Pablo more so than politics (Biography.com, 2017) During the Marlborough wars in Colombia, Escobar portrayed an eminent role in smuggling

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    Pablo Escobar was one of the most known and respected drug lords ever to be around. It is estimated that he killed many people. Of those many were columbian police officers. Even though he was a murderer and and a cocaine king pin many people saw him as a sort of Robin Hood figure. Many say he was evil while others say he was an inspiration. We only know him as Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviría( historychannel.com). The life of Pablo Escobar starts in rionegro, Columbia. He was 1 of 7 kids. Pablo grew

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