Interview mit pablo escobar biography
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I grew up in Pablo Escobar’s Colombia. Here’s what it was really like.
The night of the car bomb, my dad called home from his cell phone as he finished his rounds of the family’s bakeries. It was a nightly ritual, braving rush hour in his little silver Mazda to collect the day’s cash from each location. In early ‘90s Colombia, cash did not sit in registers a minute longer than it had to.
"Almost done here," he told my mom. "I'm stopping by the store at Imbanaco next, and then heading home. If you want any food, call the store now so they can bring it out to the car when I arrive." As on every other evening, my mom called the bakery and ordered some bread and milk for breakfast. She began preparing a light dinner, knowing my dad would be home in half an hour.
When nearly an hour had passed and he had not arrived, my mom called, not without a twinge of annoyance, to find out the cause of the holdup. There was no answer. Our phone rang a few minutes later, but it w
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Sins of My Father: an interview with Juan Pablo Escobar
Until now, Mark Bowden’s Killing Pablo, a North American author who also penned Black Hawk Down, has been the authoritative guide to the life and död eller bortgång of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The intriguing 2001 biography of how the small-time car tjuv from Medellín became a millionaire criminal capable of bringing his government to its knees has predictably gone the same way as Black Hawk Down — a Hollywood utgåva starring Christian Bale fryst vatten set for release in 2011.
Responsible for years of bloodshed between rival cartels and the kidnapping and killing of dozens politicians and journalists (Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara Bonilla and Luis Carlos Galán, presidential candidate on the gräns of election, were just two of his victims), at one time Escobar was said to be responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine entering the US. Thousands of people died due to the lucrative-beyond-your-wildest-dreams turf
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Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)
This article is about the Colombian drug lord. For other uses, see Pablo Escobar (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Gaviria.
Pablo Escobar | |
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Escobar in a 1976 mugshot | |
| Born | Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1949-12-01)1 December 1949 Rionegro, Colombia |
| Died | 2 December 1993(1993-12-02) (aged 44) Medellín, Colombia |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound to the head |
| Resting place | Monte Sacro Cemetery |
| Spouse | Maria Victoria Henao (m. 1976) |
| Children | 2, including Juan |
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| Organization | Medellín cartel |
| Conviction(s) | Illegal drug trade, assassinations, bombing, bribery, racketeering, murder |
| Criminal penalty | Five |