Famous people
My topic: Pablo Escobar
1. Why did I choose this topic?
Personal interest
Film I’ve seen
2. Who was Pablo Escobar?
Colombian drug lord
Smuggled 80% of the cocaine
Richest criminal in history
Known net worth of $30 billion in the 1990s
3. Criminal career
Cocaine operation in 1975
Plata o Plomo
Murder of Luis Carlos Galán in 1989
Height of power
The cartel brought in more than $60 million per day and smuggled 15 tons of cocaine
Hero in Medellín
4. Early life
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
Born in Antioquia, Colombia (1st December 1949)
Started stealing gravestone
5. “Personal” life
Married Maria Victoria in March 1976
Juan Pablo and Manuela
The government moved against Escobar and the drug cartels
La Catedral prison in 1991
Escaped 13 months later
6. Death and aftermath
The war against Pablo Escobar ended 2nd December, 1993
A Colombian electronic surveillance team, led by Hugo Martínez
Tried to escape
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