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Incorporating never before-seen archival footage, home movies and interviews with family members, journalists and law enforcement officials, PABLO ESCOBAR: KING OF COCAINE tells the story of the twisted Robin Hood who founded the Medellin cartel cocaine smuggling organization and... Read all.
At the height of its power, the Medellín cartel dominated the cocaine trade, earning an estimated $420 million a week and making its leader one of the wealthiest people in the world. With a reported worth of $25 billion, Escobar had ample money to spend—and he did.
Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.
This immense operation earned him an estimated $420 million a week, and the nickname ‘The King of Cocaine’. By the 1980’s, the sheer volume of cocaine entering the US (approximately 70-80 tonnes per month) made Escobar one of the ten wealthiest people on the planet, with an estimated net worth of around $30 billion, according to Forbes .
Pablo Escobar first started dealing with cocaine in the 1970s, when he smuggled coca paste from Peru to Colombia, had it refined, then sent it north to be sold in the United States. Then, demand for cocaine started to skyrocket in the 1980s — and Escobar struck it rich.
Incorporating never before-seen archival footage, home movies and interviews with family members, journalists and law enforcement officials, PABLO ESCOBAR: K...
Pablo Escobar: King of Cocaine: With Alisdair Simpson. Pablo Escobar was the most feared drug dealer in the world. As head of the infamous Medellin cartel he flooded the USA with cocaine and terrorised the South American nation of Colombia. But he met his match in a DEA agent who just wouldn't quit.
