Pablo Escobar's Story: His Wealth, Generosity And Brilliance In Managing The Drug Business

JAKARTA - Pablo Escobar was born in Rionegro, Colombia, December 1, 1949. Pablo Escobar was born with the name Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. Head of the Medellin cartel, Pablo Escobar is the world's biggest drug dealer.

Starting a business in the 70s, Pablo's greatness lasted until the late 90s, with his peak of greatness reached in the 1980s. Quoted by Britannica, Pablo was born to a farmer father and a school teacher.

Pablo Escobar died December 2, 1993 in Medellin. Pablo Escobar was shot dead by the Colombian National Police in his hometown, 24 hours after he turned 44.

Pablo's criminal life began as a teenager. In those days Pablo sold fake diplomas, smuggled stereo equipment and stole tombstones to resell. Pablo also stole cars, which was the first time he was arrested in 1974.

At that time Pablo had already started his drug business. He started the business by helping found the Medellin cartel. Pablo's famous partners in the cartel were the Ochoa Brothers, consisting of Juan David, Jorge Luis, and Fabio.

In the Medellin cartel, Pablo served as the head of the organization. He took care of many things, from production, transportation, to the sale of cocaine. In the 1980s, the Medellin cartel dominated the cocaine trade.

Pablo Escobar had become the seventh richest person in the world on the Forbes list for seven consecutive years (1987-1993). In 1988, Pablo's wealth reached 3 billion US dollars. The wealth continues to grow from year to year.

Pablo wielded power with immense wealth. According to some reports, Pablo's wealth reaches 25 billion US dollars. He also owns a 2,800-hectare plantation called Hacienda Napoles in Colombia.

He built the land, filling it with football fields, dinosaur statues, to an artificial lake and zoo that housed giraffes, hippos, and camels. On the other hand, Pablo was known as a hero.

He funded many projects to help the poor, bringing him together with the fabled legend, Robin Hood. That perception helped Pablo win a replacement seat in the Colombian Congress in 1982.

Pablo's philanthropic image is offset by his notorious cruelty. Apart from drugs, Pablo is often involved in bribery and murder cases. Pablo kills many people from his rival cartel, Cali. Pablo also killed many government officials, police, and civilians.

Pablo Escobar was a Member of the Council in the Colombian parliament. The step was taken for his dream of occupying the chair of President of Colombia. Two years in parliament, Pablo's illicit business was leaked by a politician who is also Colombia's Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara. That was the reason Pablo ordered his men to shoot Lara dead.

The brilliance of Pablo Escobar's drug business is an open secret. And how Pablo distributes his business products, especially cocaine, is a specialty. With the Medellin Cartel, Pablo is the king of the dead.

In the skies, Pablo was the most experienced explorer. In the sea, he is the ruler. Throughout his career, Pablo has shipped tons of cocaine from Colombia to the United States (US) and made $9-30 billion.

As described in a BERNAS article entitled Explore the Guerrilla Sky at Ocean, Pablo and his cartel are said to be responsible for 80 percent of cocaine trafficking in the US during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Pablo, behind the evil, kept the majesty, made it big, even in many popular works, from literature, films, to television. Not without reason, after all, the figure of Pablo is played by actors like Benicio del Toro, Andres Parra, Cliff Curtis or Wagner Moura who play for the popular Netflix series, Narcos.

Pablo's first shipment of cocaine to the US in 1970 was made on a small plane, the Piper PA-18 Super Cub. He used this aircraft throughout the early years of his career. Designed and manufactured by Piper Aircraft, the Piper PA-18 Super Cub is a lightweight utility aircraft.

The aircraft has the ability to take off and land at a distance of up to 300 feet. So short, the PA-18 Super Cub is ideal for rough terrain flights. The PA-18 Super Cub is often seen flying in bush or wilderness areas, such as the African savannas or the jungles of South America.

In later times, Pablo used a Cessna plane. Manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company, it is a civilian utility aircraft, which is larger than the PA-18 Super Cub. The Cessna is powered by an engine from 180 to 210 horsepower, as well as additional fuel capacity.

Cessna later became a key element in Pablo's drug operation, in addition to Carlos Lehder Rivas and George "El Americano" Jung, two of his colleagues. Pablo met the two in the mid-1970s. At that time Pablo began to fly his own Cessna cocaine to the US. Meanwhile, Lehder and George 'secured lane'. Lehder was known to have strong connections with the then-nascent Medellin cartel. And George, has a network in the US.

Another world that Pablo explored was the ocean. In very minimal information, Pablo is said to have used two remotely controlled submarines. The submarine is said to have been obtained by Pablo from the Russian Navy. Each submarine is capable of carrying one tonne of cocaine.

Pablo used the submarines towards the end of his life, which over time evolved, increasing his supply capability to a greater extent. In the most recent version, Pablo's cocaine submarine is said to be able to carry up to seven kilograms of cocaine. These submarines are said to have not been completely submerged.

The submarine moves beneath the surface of the water, with the cockpit and exhaust pipes poking out of the waves. This allowed Pablo's cocaine submarine to glide with a barely perceptible trail. It is said that Pablo's cocaine submarine was made of wood and fiberglass. This material is believed to be one of the factors that makes the Pablo cocaine submarine difficult to track radar.

Back to Pablo's air operations. One of the most interesting is the state-of-the-art laboratory on a farm on the Venezuelan border. Pablo's brother, Roberto Escobar, in The Accountant's Story tells of the laboratory employing about 200 people. They live and work in houses built on tiny wheels.

When a plane is about to land, the house is moved to make way for the plane to land on a runway under the laboratory. After the plane takes off, the laboratory will return to its original position.

The lab and others are said to produce 5,000 kilograms of cocaine every week. Pablo himself spent two thousand US dollars to process every kilo of coke. Through the process, Pablo will sell the cocaine to Lehder and George for $22,000.

Then Lehder and George would sell the cocaine to middle-class dealers for $60,000. With that calculation, in every 400 kilos load, Pablo will get a profit of 8 million US dollars. Meanwhile, Lehder and George got 5 million US dollars.

In those days -- after Pablo, Lehder, and George had independently flown cocaine to the US -- they paid chartered pilots $400,000 for each operation.

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