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22nd July 1992: Pablo Escobar escapes from the luxury La Catedral prison
Category: Society & Culture
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Publish Date: 2017-07-21 21:05:35
Description: Pablo Escobar became involved in the fledgling cocaine smuggling industry in the early 1970s. He expanded his operations from 1975 onwards and, by the 1980s, was the leading supplier of cocaine to the United States. He is estimated to have been responsible up to 80% of the entire world’s cocaine market at the height of his operation. By 1990 Columbia had become the world’s murder capital due to the increasing number of killings by hitmen working for the drugs cartels. Determined to bring the situation under control the government under President César Gaviria negotiated Escobar’s surrender in 1991. With the ...
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