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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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    that has gained these titles but a few have been so powerful and acquired so much wealth that they have gained widespread infamy. Pablo Escobar was one. From the 1970s until his death in 1993, Escobar was considered by many to be the most powerful drug lord in the world. With a net worth that earned him a spot on Forbes magazine’s Richest Man in the World list. Escobar was instrumental in getting his country out of debt, a creator of jobs for the Colombian people, and widely revered by many (Ramsey)

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    Pablo Escobar: Murderous Drug Lord What single man could become responsible for over 80% of cocaine shipment in the United States alone? What man would stop at nothing to get his way, even if it meant effortlessly killing those who stood in his path? Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, was ruthless and willing enough to do just that. In place of becoming the leader of his home country, as he originally desired to be, he turned to a life of crime and violence to satisfy his hunger for leadership and

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    Pablo Escobar was important because over his lifetime, he used his power to develop Colombia into a narco-state for the betterment of the people. First, Pablo was a very influential man as well as an expert cocaine dealer, accumulating large amounts of money and changing the drug dealing game. Pablo changed the legal drug system of many countries and also over his lifetime, and he made over $4 billion off of cocaine dealing in which he funded for Colombia (“Pablo Escobar”). This suggests that if

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    A Deceptive Colombian "Hero": Pablo Escobar

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    It devoted infinite amounts of time, money, and manpower to produce, sell, and distribute drugs throughout vast areas. At the head was Pablo Escobar, who was admired by many inside and outside of the cartel. Countless people were involved in his business, both voluntarily and involuntarily (Kelley). While countless people looked up to him as a hero, Pablo Escobar took vicious measures while running his business, due to his thirst for power and wealth; however, he did not receive a satisfying punishment

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    Jai Mareddy HIST 2222 Essay Chamosa 11/13/16 US Media Interpretation of: Rise and Fall of Pablo Escobar Abstract: Pablo Escobar is known to many as king of the cocaine trade, having controlled and dominated over 80% of the cocaine shipped to the US. He was born on Dec. 1, 1949 in Rionegro, Colombia to Abel Escobar and Hermilda Gaviria. Pablo showed his finesse for criminal activities in college itself, when he ran a successful practice of selling counterfeit college diplomas to students. He later

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    History and background: Pablo Escobar was really well known drug dealer in the early 90’s. He belonged from Antioquia, Colombia. From the beginning he had an ambition to build himself amongst the high personality. However he did not belong to a wealthy family, so he had a concept that to achieve his goal he has no other path rather than crime. His father was a farmer and mother was a school teacher. From a very early age Pablo had a dream to become the president of Colombia. He could not achieve

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    may say that Pablo Escobar helped his country Columbia greatly by spreading his illegitimate wealth across Columbia but the amount of terror and killing he spread across the western hemisphere far outweighed the money he put into the less fortunate communities. December 1, 1949, Rionegro, Colombia, Escobar was born. His family was extremely poor, for example one time he and his brother Roberto were sent home from school because they were unable to buy shoes. From an early age, Escobar had possessed

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    Before conducting my research for this project Pablo Escobar was just the average criminal who sold drugs in a country filled with narcotics. I became more drawn to the life story of Pablo Escobar after watching the critically acclaimed Netflix series, Narcos. Narcos tells the story of Pablo and his rise and fall from power. Narcos is being told through the eyes of an American DEA agent working to take down Pablo Escobar. That led me to question why America was concerned with a drug dealer in Columbia

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    The idea of drug trafficking makes most gasp in disgust but for the country of Columbia, drug trafficking was their upbringing and yet, eventually it was their demise. Pablo Escobar brought hope to poor and fear to the wealthy and even though his ways were cruel, his deeds were kind. Not only did Pablo Escobar bring the country of Columbia under his rule but he influenced this country's culture in a beautiful but horrible way. If one were to walk through the streets of Columbia's cities and towns

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