Pablo+Emilio+Escobar+Gaviria

** Introduction **
“All empires are created of blood and fire.” (BornRich). He is a man that was known as the godfather of cocaine. Pablo has a net worth of almost 30 billion dollars (Zimbalist). He was responsible for 80% of the cocaine that was transported into the U.S (Dupler). By the age of 20 Pablo was already the first major in the mafia (Reyes). Lastly, Pablo Escobar was the richest man to ever make some kind of change in Columbia while he was still alive (Carnahan).
 * Personal Background **

Pablo Escobar was born into a lower-middle class family (Kaufman). This basically meant that his family did not have a lot of money (Alvarez). His mom was a teacher and his father was a farmer (Carnahan). Even though his mom was a teacher the family was still poor (Zimbalist). With his mom being a teacher, she was teaching Pablo for a few years (Reyes). Pablo was living in a small pueblo called “Los Olivos” (Dupler). Sadly, he was born into a very bad time period (Alvarez). It was a time period known as “La Violencia”. Pablo was very young when he started to smoke dope (Smithe). Before he started his cocaine business he actually though about running for president (Carnahan).

His coke dealing began to get larger over time (Alvarez). It actually became bigger than his own government (Dupler). At the age of 17 he was claimed the king of coke (Smithe). After that happened, that name stood with him through most of his life (Alvarez). His biggest accomplishment was becoming a billionaire at the age of 22 (Zimbalist).
 * Personality Traits **

Pablo was a very notorious villain (Zimbalist). He was actually the most violent, most ferocious criminal that ever lived. He had this fierce look on his face and he was not afraid of the Columbian authorities (Carnahan). Since Pablo was already stronger than most of his government he did not really feel the need to fear anyone or anything. He would actually kill anyone who interfered with what he was trying to accomplish. He had the wealth and the power of a great king (Dupler). Pablo was very cocky and that is what people disliked about him (Carnahan).

At the time he was the most powerful man in the world (Carnahan). Being the biggest drug lord made him pretty rich (Smithe). He was actually the 7th richest man on earth (Zimbalist). Pablo was one of the top ten drug lords in the whole world (Smithe). He was the wealthiest, most powerful and violent criminal to ever live. He actually had two children with a 15 year old named Maria (Kaufman). Pablo was a very evil man, he killed anyone who disobeyed the way his business was “run” (Smithe). After death he was known as the greatest man to ever live (Smithe).
 * Obstacles **

Pablo was born into a poor family which had ignited his life of crime. Being born into a time period known as “La Violencia” gave him no other ways on how to live a good life (Smithe). When his record was pulled up he was forced to leave the university that he was studying at (Zimbalist). He began to get out of hand so authorities were after him for a very long time (Dupler). The bad thing was that he had two warrants out for his arrest but little did they know he did not fear the Columbian authorities (Carnahan). Then in 1976 he was caught returning from a drug run from Ecuador (Zimbalist). After he was caught the authorities let him go after two months. Then after he was let go, about two months after he was arrested twice in Columbia (Carnahan).

With Pablo being the son of a peasant no one really took him serious. Along with that he was not in a healthy condition as a kid. Pablo had suffered from high blood pressure and heart problems (Reyes). Having lots of wealth and power made it hard for him to get justice when he would go to trial (Kaufman). Along with many other Columbians, Pablo was brutalized and tortured (Dupler). Escobar had suffered during the reign of the drug cartels (Zimbalist). At the age of 18 he began to kill people so that he could be feared which then caused Columbian authorities to go after him (Smithe).


 * Historical Significance **

Escobar’s whole criminal life began when he was stealing gravestones as a kid from graveyards (Kaufman). He went from being a small time thug to the richest man alive (Carnahan). Pablo was known for many things that he did while he was alive because he did lots of good deeds. With the money he was making he made a small neighborhood for the poor people living in Medellin (Reyes). He was elected deputy in 1980 and that helped his career extend (Kaufman). Being a deputy he controlled all crime that happened in the Columbian area (Dupler). Also his Medellin cartel was created out of coke and marijuana trafficking. Pablo was the wealthiest drug trafficker around in his time (Reyes).

Yes, this man was a criminal but he was the first criminal billionaire to ever live. His drug trafficking had somewhat shaped Columbia (Carnahan). At the time he was responsible for 80% of the coke transported. The sad part about his timeline was him being the cause of 10,000 deaths (Zimbalist). In 1982, two years after being elected deputy, Escobar was elected for Columbia’s congress (Dupler). He had a really big empire; it was actually the best one in Columbia. Escobar was actually known for his empire and with that he was untouchable (Smithe).Pablo was so big with his cocaine trafficking business that he became known as the godfather of cocaine (Zimbalist).

Drugs that were needed for his business were transported through animals. It could have been a dog, cow, cat, pigeon, etc. Men would cut open the animal stuff the drug and transport it (Smithe). He was the wealthiest criminal mind in history and he was very serious about the money he made. Not only was it coke and marijuana he once transported heroin into the United States (Kaufman). When Pablo was alive many people disliked him, now he is praised by many around the world (Carnahan). Throughout the whole time he was alive the only support he had was his men’s. This villain like man, even today is considered a very heroic man for doing what he felt was right (Reyes). Pablo Escobar always reminded people that “No matter how much money you had you could always be too big for your britches.” (Smithe).
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