Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on 1 December 1949 in Rio Negro, Antioquia. He was the third child of seven children and grew up in the neighboring city of Medellin. His father was a small farmer and his mother was a teacher. Escobar left high school in 1966 just before his 17th birthday, and two years later he returned to high school with his cousin Gustavo Gaviria. At this time, the hard life on the streets of Medellin had polished them into gangster bullies in the eyes of teachers. The two dropped out of school after more than a year, but Escobar, who did not give up, briefly became autonomous in Latin America by forging high school diplomas. Studied in college with the goal of becoming a criminal lawyer and politician, and eventually president, but had to give up because of lack of money. International drug routes. Escobar began his criminal career in 1966. Escobar is rumored to have started his criminal career with his gang by stealing tombstones, sandblasting their in...