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  2. Dec 2, 2013 · BBC Mundo's Colombia correspondent Arturo Wallace travels to Medellin to hear what residents think of drug lord Pablo Escobar 20 years after he was shot dead.

  3. Dec 2, 2023 · Pablo Escobar is still alive 30 years later. On this day in 1993, the Colombian police shot down the most famous cocaine kingpin.

  4. Apr 24, 2023 · Twenty years ago, on December 2, 1993, Pablo Escobar, the pioneer of Colombia’s cocaine trade, was killed on a rooftop in his native Medellin by police. His death signaled the end of one era of drug trafficking and the birth of another, as the drug trade continued apace, with Medellin still at its heart.

  5. Sep 13, 2023 · When Escobar murdered Don Berna’s bosses over a money dispute, Don Berna turned against the capo. Along with Escobar’s other enemies, he helped form the PEPES (an acronym for “People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar”), which worked closely with Colombian security forces to bring down the drug lord.

  6. Sep 22, 2018 · MEDELLÍN, Colombia — When the mayor of Medellín showed up, he was bearing a sledgehammer. He stood with it in front of the former home of Pablo Escobar, the notorious drug lord whose cocaine...

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  7. Nov 30, 2018 · It's been nearly 25 years since authorities in Colombia gunned down former Medellín Cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar on a city rooftop. A lot has changed in the country's underworld since the fall of one of the world's most legendary criminals.

  8. Dec 2, 2013 · 2013 Dec 2. Subscribe to BBC News / bbcnews It is said that at the height of his power, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was the seventh richest man on the planet. His image, seen on stickers...

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