- Pablo Escobar tour with a visit to the original locations and meeting his brother Roberto
- Tour through ultra-modern and inviting El Poblano with a visit to several shopping malls
The inexorable rise of Pablo Escobar began as a teenager. He made a name for himself in the Medellin underworld through marijuana smuggling and robbery. Escobar became notorious for his bloodthirsty, unscrupulous kind. Whoever turned against him was eliminated. With the increasing demand for cocaine, Pablo realized that there was a lot of money to be made with it. Indeed not in Colombia, but in the USA. By shipping it to the United States and stretching the purity from its original 90 percent to 30 percent tenfold the value of the original product.
Colombians with US visas were searched for in a newspaper advertisement. The flight to the United States was paid for and two suitcases were handed over to them. The Suitcases had a double bottomin which 5 kilograms of the white powder was smuggled in each case.
Escobar had already raked his first million US dollars at the age of 19 and his wealth quickly rose immeasurably. During his prime, he is said to be with his drug empire up to $ 1.5 million a day have earned. Escobar controlled it in the late 1980s 80 percent of the global cocaine market!
In 1978 Pablo got into politics as Medellín City Council a, only four years later he let himself into the Colombian Congress choose. He sponsored the local football clubs to launder his money. Colombian football experienced a real boom, financed with drug money.
Due to his political engagement, the real origin of his fortune came to the general public for the first time. Whereupon Escobar withdrew from politics and 3000 teenage bodyguards, Sicarios called, increased at the age of 14-18 years. These downright terrorized Medellin There was even a bounty of 1,000 USD for each dead police officer! What Medellin was used for until the early 1990s City with the highest murder rate be let.
The first thing we'll see is that Family grave and receive a lot of interesting information about the life of one of the richest people in the world. Escobar wasn't just the dreaded drug lord who were under his mother's direction numerous charitable projects how churches and sports fields are funded. Which is why the family is still revered in certain layers of Medellin and even fresh flowers were placed at the grave.
From the elevated cemetery we enjoy a great view of the skyscrapers on the opposite slope, where Pablo Escobar is his own luxury prison has built. In order to evade arrest and extradition to the USA, he confined himself to this palace and made the world believe that he was now behind bars.
By murdering two accomplices, he created power and influential opponents with their parents, who now made the media aware of the fraud worldwide. International pressure and leadership of the US led to the Colombian government intervening and now wanted to extradite Escobar. The rifle criminal escaped the authorities again.
On December 2, 1993, Escobar finally managed to locate and encircle, whereupon he shot himself, took his life with a headshot.
The tour continues to the only remaining estate of the Escobar family. A Porsche as well as a Wartburg are in the garage. Next to it a Jet ski and famous family photos everywhere. His family museum is still alive today Brother Robertowho signs films and photos, what his Foundation for Research on HIV comes to good use. You can also pose with him for a souvenir photo. The remaining members of the Escobar family now live under different names in Argentina. But there are still money deposits hidden in Bogota.
After the exciting tour and the insight into this inglorious chapter of Colombian history, we go out to eat.
We spend the afternoon further exploring the district El Poblano. We avoid the inner city, which is not worth seeing and is not safe. We stroll along wonderfully green streets and discover numerous Shopping malls. We boarded the huge BBVA Center and hit us through the shops. There are - especially for Niki - some souvenirs in the form of clothes. After this shopping spree we eat in the local food court before going back to the hostel. Here we get to know some other travelers and a few Colombian students. Then we plan where exactly we should go tomorrow.
