Pablo Escobar Essay

Pablo Emilio Escobar born on December 1, 1949, in Antioquia, Colombia, became Colombia's most known drug lord and narco-terrorism in the 80’s. Escobar joins the cocaine trade in the early 1970’s. Eventually, Escobar controlled over 80% of the cocaine being shipped to the U.S. Escobar became well known for sponsoring soccer clubs and charity projects but later on started to terrorize Colombia making people turn against him. Eventually being killed by the DEA and Colombian police on December 2, 1993

Organized crime (attributes) Organized crime is criminal activity conduct by a group. These organizations have 8 attributes to help them achieve their goals. The first attribute is the absences of a political goal. Secondly the group has a hierarchical from there is a boss, captain, lieutenant, and members. Next these organizations have limited or exclusive membership and only let in individuals known to the organization. Another attribute of the organized crime is that it constitutes a unique subculture

Narcos: The Reign of Pablo Escobar In its latest original series “Narcos”, Netflix presents a compelling fictionalized account of the rise and fall of infamous Columbian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. The 10 episode biopic, released on August 28, 2015, divulges the decades of corruption and sovereignty of the Medellín drug cartel in the 1980’s. “Narcos” delivers an original script, a unique visual style and stellar performances across-the-board. Though the world is no stranger to drug-war and mob-crime

survival. In order to survive the zombie infestation, the group must have different types of people: a leader, an intellectual, a streetwise member, a fighter, a healer, and workers. If a zombie apocalypse occurred Hermione Granger, Sherlock Holmes, Pablo Escobar, Beowulf, Miranda Bailey, and Charlie Kelly would create an epitome of a zombie survival group. In order for a group to survive the zombie apocalypse, the group must have a leader. The leader of the group does not necessarily hold the most talent

interests in local radio stations and newspapers. Others, like Pablo Escobar, sought to create patron-client followings in the cities by handing out cash to the poor, building low income housing in the slums or purchasing sports teams and constructing sports stadiums. Lehder went as far as to create his own Latino Nationalist Party and to publicize his hybrid political ideology through his newspaper" (Country Studies). In 1982 Escobar was actually elected as an alternate congressman on a Liberal

which was a time period in Columbia when it was prevalent for drug kingpins to use soccer clubs to launder their money. One of the most infamous kingpins was Pablo Escobar. Pablo was typically known as a murderer in Columbia, but did have one passion in life, and that was soccer. The other Escobar, Andres, who had no blood relation to Pablo, was the star defensive player for Columbia’s soccer team. One thing these two had in common, besides their last name, was that the people in Columbia disliked

feeling permanently. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden is a nonfiction book based on a real life story about the tremendous drug lord that was Pablo Escobar. Mark Bowden describes Pablo’s life since his youth until his death, supposedly killed by the Colombian authorities on December of 1993. Pablo Escobar is altered by his family and society of the time when he was a kid because it encourages him to become a powerful and dangerous man who's main business is cocaine. Escobar was born in a humble family

fuels this gritty new gangster drama series,” (Netflix, 2015). So far two seasons have been released on Netflix which mainly emphasizes the sudden rise and gradual downfall of Pablo Escobar’s life and the Medellin Cartel, however the coming seasons are set to portray the other drug cartels that carried on after Pablo Escobar was killed. The director José Padilha created the show in such a way that it truly brings out the American perspective on the war on drugs in Columbia; one that has left a significant

attitudes that describe the masculine gender role as violent, unemotional, sexually aggressive, and how toxic masculinity ruins society and men through the examples displayed from the show. Pablo Escobar, when speaking on deviance once said, “[A]ll empires are created of blood and fire”. I agree with what Escobar said, because all empires have their positives, but at the same time many, if not all are built upon bloodshed and do we critique when great empires take over another country and the way they

controlled substance [and] all proceeds traceable to such an exchange (PBS). The leader Pablo Escobar was always fighting for power within the Colombian government. The U.S decided to work with the Colombian government to establish an extradition treaty between the countries in 1979 (United States Congress ). This treaty would allow the U.S to extradite the cartel traffickers for a trial in the U.S. This caused Pablo to attack the government and this ultimately caused the Medellin cartel’s downfall