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The National
February 24, 2018
Washington Edison Prado has been extradited to the US on drugs charges. (Colombia National Police via AP, File). A suspected drug chief known as the "Pablo Escobar of Ecuador" was extradited to the United States on Saturday, Colombia's chief prosecutor's office announced. Washington Edison PradoÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
February 24, 2018
BOGOTA (AFP) - A drug kingpin dubbed Ecuador's Pablo Escobar who was under arrest in Colombia was extradited to the United States early Saturday (Feb 24), local officials said here. Washington Prado, also known as Gerard, faces charges of moving more than 250 tonnes of Colombian cocaine fromÃÂ ...
Fairfield Daily Republic
February 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — The amount criminals earn off ID theft, hacking and other forms of cybercrime worldwide is approaching the levels of global drug trafficking, and rising rapidly, experts say. Hackers display “shocking inventiveness” in leveraging technology for extortion as they cause losses of up to $600ÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
February 22, 2018
The amount criminals earn off ID theft, hacking and other forms of cybercrime worldwide is approaching the levels of global drug trafficking, and rising rapidly, experts say. Hackers display “shocking inventiveness” in leveraging technology for extortion as they cause losses of up to $600 billion a year fromÃÂ ...
Colombia Focus
February 22, 2018
Retired police lieutenant and former Governor of Santander Hugo Aguilar made his name by bringing down the world's most infamous drug lord, but now his name is back in the news in a much gloomier light. The Colombian Prosecutor's Office released a statement on social media Wednesday confirmingÃÂ ...
Reason
February 22, 2018
It recounts the bloody aftermath of cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar's death, when the Colombian military, surviving drug lords, left-wing terrorists, and paramilitary groups vied for power. Focusing on three individuals who helped expose the atrocities and win justice, the book examines the impact of U.S.ÃÂ ...
Economic Times
February 14, 2018
Recently, an air hostess working as a cash courier was caught with $4,80,200 (Rs 3.21 crore) wrapped in aluminium foil on board a Delhi-Hong Kong flight. While this is relatively low stakes, take a look at five of the most notorious smugglers of our time: 1/6. ET BureauÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
February 12, 2018
Spain blasts Campo Of Gibraltar as 'Colombia of Spain': 'They want to be like Escobar!' SPAIN'S police union has warned Campo of Gibraltar - a region of Andalucia in Spain - is in danger of becoming the 'Colombia of Spain', with young people idolising Pablo Escobar and the drug trade. By Joey Millar.
Hollywood Reporter
February 5, 2018
DH also says Gustafsson told him that the paintings had once belonged to the slain Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who was gunned down by Colombian authorities in 1993 in a scene that was later rendered into an iconic painting by Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Rumors have swirled forÃÂ ...
Yahoo Singapore News
February 1, 2018
If you're familiar with the Colombian drug trade in the '70s and '80s, or have watched the first two seasons of the series “Narcos” on Netflix, then the name Pablo Escobar needs no introduction. Now, if fans would like a new hangout place themed after the leader of the Medellin drug cartel, you can do so atÃÂ ...
Globalnews.ca
January 27, 2018
According to the suit, Vallejo's 2006 memoir Amando a Pablo, Odiando a Escobar (which translates to Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar) “details her relationship with Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar, and her co-operation with Colombian and United States authorities in prosecuting Alberto SantofimioÃÂ ...
Complex
January 26, 2018
Pablo Escobar's girlfriend Virginia Vallejo is suing a production company for its work on a Netflix show that allegedly stole stories from her 2007 memoir Amando a Pablo, Odiando a Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar). Vallejo claims that the Caracol American Productions series Pablo Escobar: ElÃÂ ...
TMZ.com
January 25, 2018
Pablo Escobar's girlfriend is suing a production company for a Netflix show, claiming it's based on her memoir about her love life with the drug kingpin. Virginia Vallejo just filed suit against Caracol American Productions over the series, "Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal" -- alleging producers for the showÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
January 25, 2018
Two former CIA agents say they've found a sunken submarine that once belonged to the infamous Pablo Escobar. Two former CIA agents say they've found a sunken submarine of the infamous Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar which could contain his roumered fortune of US$50 billion. RELATED:
The Sun
January 23, 2018
CIA treasure hunters are closing in on drug baron Pablo Escobar's missing ã50bn fortune after finding one of his smuggling subs. The notorious Medellin Cartel chief earned a reported ã320m A WEEK in the 1980s supplying 80 per cent of all the cocaine consumed in the US. It's believed Pablo Escobarà...
Mirror.co.uk
January 23, 2018
The CIA is on the hunt for Pablo Escobar 's missing millions after agents discovered the site where his submarine sank. Divers from the US agency ... Pablo Escobar used the vehicles to expand his smuggling operations and help him get away more easily from law enforcement. Divers found a lot of metalÃÂ ...
Metro
January 15, 2018
Columbia's infamous Narcos and the legendary drug King Pin, Pablo Escobar, have shot back into the public conscious following the success of Netflix's Narcos. The English/Spanish drama, which tells the tale of how the cartels made their astronomic money selling drugs in the USA in the 80s and 90s, hasÃÂ ...
World Screen
January 10, 2018
Juan Pablo Escobar grew up in a very opulent home; in his backyard were exotic animals that Pablo Escobar—the most famous drug trafficker in the world—had bought for his private zoo. As a teenager, Juan Pablo had to get accustomed to being surrounded by bodyguards and escaping to safe houses inÃÂ ...
WIBW
January 10, 2018
One-time Pablo Escobar drug runner tells Topeka students tale of redemption. Error loading ... TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A former convict - who once smuggled drugs for former Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar - didn't hold back Wednesday when telling his story of redemption to Topeka students.
ABC News
January 9, 2018
Prosecutors say it's relevant because Munday's alleged role in the auto fraud ring was transporting and hiding stolen vehicles, similar to his work in the 1980s for Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel and later the Cali cartel. He served about nine years in prison during the 1990s after pleading guilty to smugglingÃÂ ...
NBC4 Washington
January 3, 2018
Pablo Escobar's Reputed Beachfront Hideout in Tulum is Open to Public. By Willian Avila. Thursday, Aug 3, 2017. The Yucatan Peninsula's pristine white-sand beaches play host to scores of palatial villas and boutique hotels, and among them is one with a tale of sinister history. On a swath of beachfront land in trendyÃÂ ...
9news.com.au
January 1, 2018
After being torn apart by murders, bombings and assassinations for the last 30 years, Colombia is now riding a tourism boom. Australia did it with Paul Hogan and some barbequed prawns. Colombia has done it with Pablo Escobar and countless kilos of cocaine. You could call it the Narcos effect.
The Real Deal Magazine
December 23, 2017
The owners of a vacant lot in Miami Beach where Colombian drug dealer Pablo Escobar once owned a house have cut their asking price for the land again. The 30,000-square-foot lot drew plenty of attention in 2016 when the owners demolished the pink 7,336-square-foot house that Escobar owned andÃÂ ...
SFGate
December 19, 2017
Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was gunned down by Colombian authorities in 1993, but the location of a portion of his vast wealth remains a mystery. A pile of Escobar's cash is rumored to be located on the grounds of the Miami Beach, FL, property he once owned—in fact, two safes were found when theÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
December 18, 2017
These were all young thugs who wanted to kill for Pablo Escobar and they did it, they obeyed orders and were loyal to Pablo Escobar. "In the beginning Pablo helped them out: he gave them houses, money and food, so their loyalty was to Pablo and no one else. In terms of body count it is accepted that heÃÂ ...
Egypttoday (blog)
December 18, 2017
CAIRO – 18 December 2017: Pablo Escobar, one of the greatest drug sellers in history, was fond of football. “Pablo always loved soccer; His first shoes were football boots. And he died in football boots,” according to his sister, Luz Maria in ESPN documentary 'The Two Escobars' (however, Escobar died barefoot.) EscobarÃÂ ...
BLABBERMOUTH.NET
December 16, 2017
I never really fell into drugs or anything, although I've smoked more pot than [Colombian drug lord] Pablo Escobar. I've been very good about keeping it focused, and singing every single night, there's no room for error. I look at alcohol like a fighter bomber coming in and trying to wreck my life. I stay awayÃÂ ...
LADbible
December 12, 2017
You've probably heard of Pablo Escobar, and if you have, then he needs no introduction. But if you've been living under a rock, he was once the world's biggest drug dealer. Known as 'The King of Cocaine' - he also became one of the world's richest men, because he was pretty good at what he did.
Mirror.co.uk
December 12, 2017
Late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Escobar secrets went to the grave with him (Image: AFP). Now two former CIA agents are on a mission to find Escobar's missing millions. The hunt has taken Doug Laux and Ben Smith to the scariest neighbourhoods in Colombia and brought them face to face withÃÂ ...
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
SINGAPORE (AFP) - A restaurant in Singapore named after drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is revamping its branding after Colombia lodged an angry complaint with the city-state. In a three-page letter to Singapore's foreign ministry dated Feb 2, the Colombian embassy had expressed "serious concern",ÃÂ ...
Marketing Interactive
December 31, 1999
The Embassy of Colombia in Singapore has criticised a new local bar for taking on a Pablo Escobar theme. The bar, named Escobar, features murals dedicated to Escobar, a late Colombian drug kingpin also known as “The King of Cocaine”, and included themed-menu offerings such as “Don Corleone” pizza and “Stab inÃÂ ...
9news.com.au
December 31, 1999
Divers believe they have found one of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar's smuggling submarines that may hold clues to his reported missing $88b fortune. Two former CIA agents discovered wreckage of a purported sub used by Escobar's Medellin Cartel to traffic cocaine from Colombia to Puerto Rico,ÃÂ ...
Metro
December 31, 1999
It's one of the truly legendary vehicles of drug trafficking – the submarine which billionaire drug warlord Pablo Escobar used to ship tonnes of high-grade cocaine into Puerto Rico. Now two former CIA agents believe they might have found it. In a Discovery documentary, two ex-CIA spooks who are trying toÃÂ ...
The Sun
December 31, 1999
Pablo Escobar's coke-smuggling-submarine found by CIA divers hunting for drug kingpin's ã50billion fortune. The notorious Medellin Cartel chief earned a reported ã320m A WEEK in the 1980s supplying 80 per cent of all the cocaine consumed in the US. By Jon Lockett. 23rd January 2018, 9:51 am. Updated: 23rd Januaryà...
9news.com.au
December 31, 1999
A federal jury will begin deliberating the fate of a pilot who once flew loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami's "cocaine cowboys" era. He's not on trial for drug-trafficking this time, however, but auto fraud. Mickey Munday, 72, became well known through his open bragging about his past inÃÂ ...
EW.com
December 9, 2017
Time is running out for former CIA operations officers, Doug Laux and Ben Smith, whose hunt for what remains of Pablo Escobar's estimated multi-billion-dollar fortune is documented in the Discovery show Finding Escobar's Millions. This week's episode, which airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET, is the season finale.
TVOvermind
December 1, 2017
The series follows Doug Laux and Ben Smith, former CIA operations officers who served multiple tours throughout the Middle East, as they set out to find drug lord Pablo Escobar's alleged buried masses of his estimated multi-billion-dollar fortune all over Colombia. Legends say the vast majority of it has ...
The Quebec Post
December 1, 2017
It has been nearly 25 years since Pablo Escobar's death (was it suicide or has he been shot?), but the famous drug lord of colombia fascinates still. For its first – and highly successful – series documentary original, Club illico away with a crash of the fiction with “Pablo Escobar as told by his son” which is ...
Newsweek
November 30, 2017
I didn't do any crime or anything evil, but I feel like Pablo Escobar. And slowly it's getting really annoying.” Donald trump twitter account deleted President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account is seen on July 11, 2017. Handout/File Photo via REUTERS. Twitter is not taking any action againstÃÂ ...
ABC News
November 30, 2017
I want to speak to my friends. I had to delete hundreds of friends [from social media] because reporters are stalking me. They add my friends on Facebook. I had to delete so many pictures, and I just want to continue ordinary life. "I didn't do any crime or anything evil, but I feel like Pablo Escobar," he added, ...
Economic Times
November 23, 2017
There is a scene in which a homesick Pablo Escobar, the feared drug lord, returns to Colombia after a forced stay in a neighbouring nation.
BT TV
November 16, 2017
Pablo Escobar came from a poor Colombian background, but through sheer ruthlessness and charisma was able to become the richest drug ...
Stuff.co.nz
November 15, 2017
McDonald's and its namesake charity Ronald McDonald House have been compared to the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Paste Magazine
November 9, 2017
And there was one guy who was almost singlehandedly responsible for that status: Pablo Escobar, el capo de los capos, drug kingpin ...
EW.com
November 3, 2017
... two former CIA operations officers, Doug Laux and Ben Smith, hunt for what remains of Pablo Escobar's estimated multi-billion-dollar fortune, ...
Bustle
November 3, 2017
Between Narcos and American Made, there's a TV/movie obsession with the life and death of the Columbian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar ...
Las Vegas Sun
October 31, 2017
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's legacy is built on “death and destruction” as he and his Medellin Cartel are credited with the bombing of a ...
euronews
October 31, 2017
“Pablo Escobar is now more famous than [he] ever was thanks to [a] television series,” Escobar's son, who goes by the name Sebastian ...
Deutsche Welle
October 31, 2017
Argentinian authorities accuse Escobar's wife and son, Victoria Henao and Juan Pablo Escobar Henao, of having ties to a criminal organization ...
TRT World
October 30, 2017
The widow and son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar are being investigated by Argentine authorities for suspicion of money laundering, ...
