A quickie before we dive
into the fact sheet on
Escobar. Set in the 1980s,
the show chronicles the life
of Colombia's most
dangerous drug lord and courses through his climb to
power from a mere cocaine
dealer to the owner of the
Medellin Cartel. This 10-
episode show is wrought
with so much bloodshed that by the time you reach the
finale, you are already
crying for season 2. Starring Wagner Moura as
Escobar, the show strikes a
perfect balance between the
subject and the actor - the
resemblance between the
two is so uncanny, it makes you feel you have been
taken back in time. So without further ado, let's
take a look at 12 most
'addictive' facts about Pablo
Escobar. 1. Before becoming a drug
kingpin, Escobar sold
stolen cars and
tombstones to smugglers. www.konbini.com 2. Escobar's open support
for the poor and his wish
to become Colombia's
president earned him the
nick name 'Robin Hood'. www.alux.com 3. After becoming the
reigning lord of Medellin
Cartel, Escobar was
minting as much as $420
million a week! makeagif.com 4. His drug trade
flourished so much that he
was smuggling nearly 15
tonnes of cocaine every
day! Tumblr 5. So much so that he
smuggled cocaine into the
United States by hiding it
in airplane tires. billboard 6. To handle the free-
flowing wealth that came
his way uninterrupted,
Escobar bought a Learjet
for the sole purpose of
flying his money. Netflix 7. At one point, Escobar's
had amassed so much
wealth that it reached 30 billion dollars! recapguide.com 8. The man had so much
money that he spent
$2500 a month just on
rubber bands to bind his
money together. Netflix 9. Once in hiding, Escobar
even burnt 2 million dollars
to keep his daughter from
catching cold. vice.com 10. Escobar's greatest fear
was extradition and he
unleashed horror upon
Colombia just so that he
could avoid jail-time in
America. Business Insider 11. So great was his fear
of extradition that Escobar
offered to pay off
Colombian government's
debt that had reached a
massive 10 billion dollars! NY Times 12. As per an agreement
with the Colombian
government, Escobar built
a luxury prison called 'La
Catedral' that was guarded
by his own loyal servants. The terms dictated
Escobar to serve prison
time (which he did) and the
Colombian government to
not extradite him to the
US. The prison was anything unlike any jail. A
thriving casino, spa and
nightclub from inside, La
Catedral became the hub
of more drug deals and
murders. airshipdaily.com 13. And this horror
included killing 4000
people that included
murdering 200
judges, 1000 policemen,
journalists and government workers. Netflix Escobar was shot dead in
1993 by a special police
force after being on the run
for 7 months. The man who
raised an empire so big that
it instilled fear among the living, a brutal end seemed a
befitting epilogue to his
powerful narrative.

I thought escobar was a footballer!!. hehehe.Abi shey him be ex-footballer??

Tobyshegz:
I thought escobar was a footballer!!.
hehehe.Abi shey him be ex-footballer??

no. he is just a drug lord and a gambler who threatens footballers in his country to make result go his way

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Tobyshegz:
I thought escobar was a footballer!!.
hehehe.Abi shey him be ex-footballer??

There was an Andres Escoba that was shot dead by his team mates in the dressing room for scoring own goal during a match and there was Pablo Escoba, the greatest druglord of all time.