Pablo escobar died on this day
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Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord (–)
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 fryst vatten Gaviria.
Pablo Escobar | |
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Escobar in a mugshot | |
| Born | Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ()1 December Rionegro, Colombia |
| Died | 2 månad () (aged&#;44) Medellín, Colombia |
| Cause&#;of death | Gunshot wound to the head |
| Resting place | Monte Sacro Cemetery |
| Spouse | Maria Victoria Henao &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Juan |
| Other&#;names |
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| Organization | Medellín cartel |
| Conviction(s) | Illegal drug trade, assassinations, bombing, bribery, racketeering, murder |
| Criminal penalty | Five years' imprisonment |
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; Spa
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Pablo Escobar was gunned down 29 years ago — here are 3 theories about who took the Medellin kingpin's life
- By , Colombian authorities, the US government, and rival criminals were all after Pablo Escobar.
- The Medellin cartel chief was gunned down on a rooftop in his home town in December
- There have been many claims of responsibility for his killing, but who did it remains unclear.
This story was originally published in månad
On December 2, , Pablo Escobar, perhaps the wealthiest drug kingpin the world has ever seen, attempted to flee a hideout in his home base of Medellín, Colombia, by scrambling across a neighboring rooftop.
Instead, he was cut down by gunfire, and the resulting image has been seared into the public memory — the bloody corpse of the world's most powerful drug lord splayed across a tile roof in the city that was once his safest redoubt.
The other men in that image, a group of Colombian troops, have long been regarded as the ones responsible
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What happend to the house where Pablo Escobar was killed?
Two British look carefully the façade with artificial stone cladding of a three-floor house, after a grating. Behind the door there is a patio with decorated chairs and tables, and plants sown in clay pots and others that climb entangled to the wall. On the balcony of the second floor stands out a signboard that reads “Spanish School”. With their hands over their foreheads, the foreigners try to avoid the sun hitting merciless their white faces, that will soon turn red.
They look at the house located at Carrera 79B No. 45D – 94, Los Olivos neighborhood, west of Medellín. Above the roof of that place, on December 2nd, , lay Pablo Escobar Gaviria’s body, shot by officers from the Search Squad of the National Police. Until then, the most feared man in the country for his actions and known as the bigger drug trafficker in the world.
Escobar came to that house 15 days prior to his death. He occupied it, in the company of