He was arguably the richest and the most wanted violent criminal in history.
In 1989, Forbes Magazine named him the 7th richest man on earth. Yet he was the most notorious cocaine trafficker in the world.
He was richer than all his friends, and he was ruthless than all his enemies. He could reach anyone, anywhere, and at any time. If Pablo Escobar wants you dead, forget it, you are dead.
He started out as a petty car thief before he smuggled himself into the drug business and ended up becoming a drug baron.
But he didn’t just become a drug baron, he became the most ruthless drug kingpin who ever lived. He could spill the blood of a 6 months old baby if it becomes the cost of getting what he wants.


His full terror was unlocked and unleashed when the government of Colombia began nursing the idea of extraditing drug traffickers from Colombia to the United States for trial.
He was strongly opposed to the idea and would have none of it. Because of that, he declared war on his nation.
But can one man declare war on a nation, just like 5 men declared war on one of the branches of First Bank in the Mpape area of Abuja sometime last month?
If that’s your question, then you are probably clueless as to who Pablo Escobar was and what he could do.
In 1986, he instigated a takeover of the palace of justice which led to the death of 11 Supreme Court justices and 90 other people.
Later in November of the same year, his bomb brought down an Avianca Airliner in Columbia killing 107 people. That was the day he officially became one of the most feared terrorists in the world.
He was believed to have ordered the killing of three out of the five presidential candidates in 1989.
Between January and May of 1991, Pablo’s hit men had killed four hundred policemen. He was assassinating journalists, judges, and politicians as if they were ants.
His well-calculated campaign of murder and kidnapping against judges and prosecutors so intimidated the nation that they abandoned trial by jury and began appointing faceless judges to prosecute crimes.
The judges had to be faceless because once as a judge you are assigned to handle any of Pablo Escobar’s cases, you are dead.


In Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, he was killing 6 policemen per day. He placed rewards on the heads of police officers he considered as threats and paid a higher sum for killing those of higher ranks.
So while the government placed a reward on his head for his capture, in return, he placed a reward on the heads of his chasers.
In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, there was car bombing almost every day, no thanks to him.
He made his country look like they were running a system of government known as Narcocracy- a government of drug dealers, by drug dealers, and for drug dealers.
He was always one step ahead of those who wanted him dead. He was able to stay ahead because he had heavily paid moles everywhere; in government, in the police, in the army, on the streets etc.
And if you think you are not corrupt, just wait till Pablo Escobar makes an offer to you and you are able to turn it down, then you can beat chest as to your integrity.
His offers were outrageously irresistible. He could afford to pay for anything. Remember, he was the 7th richest man on earth.


To buttress this point, here is an excerpt from the book- Killing Pablo (The hunt for the world’s greatest outlaw):
“The colonel was surprised and alarmed. How had this man known to find him in Bogota?
‘I come to talk to you obligated’, the retired officer said with a pained expression.
Martinez asked what he meant.
‘If I did not agree to come and talk to you, they could easily kill me or my family.’
Then the man offered the colonel $6 million, a bribe from Pablo Escobar to call off the hunt.”
$6 million dollars in 1991? That was good money. Anyway, Pablo Escobar finally pressured the government into abandoning the extradition policy.


And sometime in 1991, he negotiated his surrender on his own terms. The prison where he was to serve a few years prison term was built by him.
But it wasn’t even a prison; it was more like a palace, where he lived like a sultan. Inside the prison, he had access to choice food and drinks, beauty queens and whores. In fact, he was still running his multi-billion dollars drug business from the supposed prison.
But even with his luxurious lifestyle in the prison, something strange happened on July 2nd, 1992.
On that day, the world woke up to the horrific news that Pablo Escobar had escaped from prison. It was one of the greatest shocks the world had ever experienced.


It certainly was more than President Gaviria could chew, and so he finally agreed to allow the United States to move in for the manhunt.
The US immediately deployed its elite soldiers, law enforcement agents, and their military’s most sophisticated electronic eavesdropping unit to the chase.
It is worthy to note that the US was particularly interested in the manhunt because 90% of Escobar’s drug shipment was to the United States. So they had some interest to protect.
But one would have thought that with the US moving in with their sophistication and millions of dollars at their disposal that it was only going to take a day or so to sniff out the rat.
Yet, it took good 15 months after moving in before they finally got him; which of course was not without further loss of hundreds of lives.
Pablo Escobar was finally killed on 4th Dec. 1993.
He died at the age of 44. He died in a gun battle on a rooftop in the city of Medellin.
You see, maybe if these young men who had attempted robbing a bank had known the story of Pablo Escobar and how he ended, they may have had a rethink before embarking on that robbery.
But it's too late for them now. But not too late for anyone out there still contemplating a life of crime.
So here is the lesson: Crime does not pay.

Crime pays if you're a nigerian government official.

thank you for this story

Ok

Op you for just title am parblo escobar

No wahala

Crime does not pay , corruption pays better

TUANKU:
Crime pays if you're a nigerian government official.

like DAREYI, ENYAME and ORJI Uzor kalu abi?

Get rich quickly through the back door...and do rest time in prison..

Interesting read.

I enjoyed the story although i know about Escobar

Nice Write Up Bro, Crime Does Not Pay At All

yarimo:
like DAREYI, ENYAME and ORJI Uzor kalu abi?

Like Akpabio, Tinubu, and your state governor.

Wao! ....quite arrestingly interesting.

good read

Brilliant narrative!

Lalasticlala Front page please,it's a nice and educating story.

I'll read later

yarimo:
like DAREYI, ENYAME and ORJI Uzor kalu abi?

Like Yeye Bello, Tinubu, the grass-cutter and etc

PerfectJUSTICE:

He was arguably the richest and the most wanted violent criminal in history.
In 1989, Forbes Magazine named him the 7th richest man on earth. Yet he was the most notorious cocaine trafficker in the world.
He was richer than all his friends, and he was ruthless than all his enemies. He could reach anyone, anywhere, and at any time. If Pablo Escobar wants you dead, forget it, you are dead.
He started out as a petty car thief before he smuggled himself into the drug business and ended up becoming a drug baron.
But he didn’t just become a drug baron, he became the most ruthless drug kingpin who ever lived. He could spill the blood of a 6 months old baby if it becomes the cost of getting what he wants.


His full terror was unlocked and unleashed when the government of Colombia began nursing the idea of extraditing drug traffickers from Colombia to the United States for trial.
He was strongly opposed to the idea and would have none of it. Because of that, he declared war on his nation.
But can one man declare war on a nation, just like 5 men declared war on one of the branches of First Bank in the Mpape area of Abuja sometime last month?
If that’s your question, then you are probably clueless as to who Pablo Escobar was and what he could do.
In 1986, he instigated a takeover of the palace of justice which led to the death of 11 Supreme Court justices and 90 other people.
Later in November of the same year, his bomb brought down an Avianca Airliner in Columbia killing 107 people. That was the day he officially became one of the most feared terrorists in the world.
He was believed to have ordered the killing of three out of the five presidential candidates in 1989.
Between January and May of 1991, Pablo’s hit men had killed four hundred policemen. He was assassinating journalists, judges, and politicians as if they were ants.
His well-calculated campaign of murder and kidnapping against judges and prosecutors so intimidated the nation that they abandoned trial by jury and began appointing faceless judges to prosecute crimes.
The judges had to be faceless because once as a judge you are assigned to handle any of Pablo Escobar’s cases, you are dead.


In Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, he was killing 6 policemen per day. He placed rewards on the heads of police officers he considered as threats and paid a higher sum for killing those of higher ranks.
So while the government placed a reward on his head for his capture, in return, he placed a reward on the heads of his chasers.
In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, there was car bombing almost every day, no thanks to him.
He made his country look like they were running a system of government known as Narcocracy- a government of drug dealers, by drug dealers, and for drug dealers.
He was always one step ahead of those who wanted him dead. He was able to stay ahead because he had heavily paid moles everywhere; in government, in the police, in the army, on the streets etc.
And if you think you are not corrupt, just wait till Pablo Escobar makes an offer to you and you are able to turn it down, then you can beat chest as to your integrity.
His offers were outrageously irresistible. He could afford to pay for anything. Remember, he was the 7th richest man on earth.


To buttress this point, here is an excerpt from the book- Killing Pablo (The hunt for the world’s greatest outlaw):
“The colonel was surprised and alarmed. How had this man known to find him in Bogota?
‘I come to talk to you obligated’, the retired officer said with a pained expression.
Martinez asked what he meant.
‘If I did not agree to come and talk to you, they could easily kill me or my family.’
Then the man offered the colonel $6 million, a bribe from Pablo Escobar to call off the hunt.”
$6 million dollars in 1991? That was good money. Anyway, Pablo Escobar finally pressured the government into abandoning the extradition policy.


And sometime in 1991, he negotiated his surrender on his own terms. The prison where he was to serve a few years prison term was built by him.
But it wasn’t even a prison; it was more like a palace, where he lived like a sultan. Inside the prison, he had access to choice food and drinks, beauty queens and whores. In fact, he was still running his multi-billion dollars drug business from the supposed prison.
But even with his luxurious lifestyle in the prison, something strange happened on July 2nd, 1992.
On that day, the world woke up to the horrific news that Pablo Escobar had escaped from prison. It was one of the greatest shocks the world had ever experienced.


It certainly was more than President Gaviria could chew, and so he finally agreed to allow the United States to move in for the manhunt.
The US immediately deployed its elite soldiers, law enforcement agents, and their military’s most sophisticated electronic eavesdropping unit to the chase.
It is worthy to note that the US was particularly interested in the manhunt because 90% of Escobar’s drug shipment was to the United States. So they had some interest to protect.
But one would have thought that with the US moving in with their sophistication and millions of dollars at their disposal that it was only going to take a day or so to sniff out the rat.
Yet, it took good 15 months after moving in before they finally got him; which of course was not without further loss of hundreds of lives.
Pablo Escobar was finally killed on 4th Dec. 1993.
He died at the age of 44. He died in a gun battle on a rooftop in the city of Medellin.
You see, maybe if these young men who had attempted robbing a bank had known the story of Pablo Escobar and how he ended, they may have had a rethink before embarking on that robbery.
But it's too late for them now. But not too late for anyone out there still contemplating a life of crime.
So here is the lesson: Crime does not pay.

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What's the business of Escobar with this low lives....there is no basis for comparison.