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Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito ("the little teddy bear"), is the brother of deceased drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the former accountant and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
- The Early Life of Roberto Escobar
- Roberto Escobar: The Cartel’S Accountant
- Downfall
- Post-Cartel Life
Roberto Escobar was born on his family’s cattle ranchin the town of Rionegro, Colombia. Roberto Escobar was born in 1947 and Pablo Escobar in 1949. As children, they helped their father on the ranch until their herd succumbed to disease and the Escobar family was forced to declare bankruptcy. Roberto, Pablo, their sister Luz Maria, and their parent...
Roberto Escobar’s little brother would gain notoriety as the most powerful of South America’s drug lords, otherwise known as narcos. But at first, Pablo merely dabbled in the marijuana trade until he realized that there was a new recreational drug on the rise: cocaine. The boom in demand for the drug in the late 1970s and early 1980s, combined with...
Thanks to increasing pressure from the U.S. in the late 1980s, Colombia was finally forced to crackdown on the Escobar brothers and the Medellin Cartel. Roberto and Pablo Escobar were both imprisoned for a short while in Colombia before escaping in 1992. Shortly beforehand, Pablo Escobar had constructed his own prison — which was truly more of a re...
Roberto Escobar currently spends his days operating tours in the house he and his brother occupied during the heyday of the Medellin cartel for $30. While the “narcotourists” may get a thrill from speaking with the man who was at the center of it all, many Colombians are disgusted by what they see as the celebration of a culture that killed thousan...
http://GreekReporter.com - After spending 10 years in jail and blinded by a letter-bomb, Roberto Escobar - Pablo's older brother and the accountant of the notorious Medellin cartel...
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Feb 26, 2018 · When Roberto Escobar was the head accountant for the Medellín cartel, in the nineteen-eighties, he handled billions of dollars a year—so much cash that he sometimes resorted to...
Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria, nicknamed El Osito, is the brother of deceased drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the former accountant and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel, which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
Dec 2, 2023 · Roberto Escobar, the former accountant of the Medellin Cartel, gives an exclusive interview to Greek Reporter at his brother's last residence in Medellin. He denies being the mastermind of the cartel, says he was a victim of the civil war, and reveals his brother's views on cocaine and Greece.
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Aug 6, 2020 · Roberto Escobar, the son of Pablo Escobar, reveals his life story and how he grew up as Philip Witcomb, adopted by a British spy. He talks about meeting his father, remembering the raid that killed his mother and his new book.
