They cornered him on a rooftop in the Los Olivos barrio of Medellín.Pablo Escobar diedat the age of 44 after being shot several times, though it's unknown which group killed him (and some believe that Escobar, cornered and with no options left to him, decided to die by suicide). With...
“The Death of Pablo Escobar” / “La muerte de Pablo Escobar”(1999):This artwork, created using the oil on canvas technique, has dimensions of 58 cm x 38 cm. While not considered a masterpiece, this artistic piece represents one of the most significant moments in Colombia’s history. F...
Pablo Escobar was born in Ríonegro, Antioquia, on December 1, 1949, and died in Medellín in 1993. His father was a farm administrator and his mother a village teacher, it was a small low middle-class home. Since he was a child he worked in activities such as washing cars, raising co...
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on December 1, 1949, in the Colombian city of Rionegro, Antioquia. His family later moved to the suburb of Envigado. He was the third of seven children born in poverty to a schoolteacher mother and a peasant farmer father. From an early age, Escobar...
When the police raided the property he and his bodyguards tried to escape across the rooftops. Escobar was shot and killed at the age of 44. The house where he died has since become an attraction for looters, trying to see if some of Escobar’s riches were hidden in the hide-out. ...
“i see him as a modern-day pablo escobar. putin has no ideology whatsoever. putin is pedestrian. all he wants is money and to hurt his enemies. he is straightforward. that is what makes him so vulnerable.” it is one of the strangest chapters in the bill browder saga—one that ...
Maria Victoria Henao began another stage of life after her husband died. In the fear of enemies who want Pablo Escobar family be killed, decided to leave Colombia for safety reason. The property owned by Escobar was placed under review and the situation put her and her children at risk. Her...
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hideout in Medellín was discovered. While Colombian forces stormed the building, Escobar and a bodyguard managed to get to the roof. A chase and gunfight ensued, and Escobar was fatally shot. Some, however, speculated that he took his own life. Soon after he died, the Medellín cartel ...