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Dea agent steven murphy and his partner javier pena are credited. Mostly translated from spanish, part 2 contains stories. More than two decades after his death, pablo escobar remains as well known as he was during his heyday as the head of the medellin drug cartel. Pablo escobar ruled over a global narcotics empire from colombia until his bloody death in 1993 after being shot by cops. Early life, parents, and education9 drug dealer10 rise to prominence11. Pablo escobar bio, wife, cause of death, net worth, son. Manuela escobar is the only daughter of the late drug lord and narcoterrorist pablo escobar. Juan sebastian marroquin santos born juan pablo escobar henao, medellin, colombia. Bogota, colombia the widow of pablo escobar fell madly in love as a preteen with the man who would rise to be a ruthless drug lord, but she says she felt raped when at age 14 he forced her to have a clandestine abortion. Colombian drug lord pablo escobar was a devoted family. Biography of pablo escobar, personal life, photo, wife, children, family, film, condition and cause of death of drug lord pablo escobar was fond of footballpablo considered himself to be robin goode and spent a part of crime money to help poor people, for example, he built lodging for them. Maria victoria henao is a wife of the wanted mafia and the king of cocaine, pablo escobar who was shot dead by the colombian police in the year 1993 the court held him guilty of killing 2000 people and pablo was one of the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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