10 Interesting Facts About the 'Drug Lord ' Pablo Escobar

Ever watched Narcos ?? I think you should think about it.

Here are some interesting facts about Pablo Escobar.

1. At the height of his reign Pablo Escobar was making around $420 million each week.
2. Pablo had so much cash that rats ate $1 billion of his cash each year.
3. He killed around 400 police officers a year.
4. Escobar spent roughly $2,500 a month on rubber bands for his cash.
5. Escobar is said to have smuggled cocaine into the United States using plane tires. Pending how much they flew, pilots could earn up to $500,000 a day.
6. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria burnt $1 million dollars just because his daughter was catching cold.
7. Escobar had built his own jail ” la catedral” with the negotiation of the government. As a part of the deal,no police officer was allowed within the 3km radius of the jail.” La Catedral” is more like a palace than a jail and is now presented as a musium .
8. Escobar was responsible for the deaths of around 4,000 people. This included 200 judges and over 1,000 police workers, journalists and government officials.
9. Despite his horrific business dealings, Escobar was celebrated by the poor people of Colombia.He was the “ROBIN HOOD” of the poor.He was known to give money to churches, hospitals, establish food programs and built parks and soccer stadiums.
10. It was known that Pablo’s greatest fear was extradition. He said he’d rather “be in a grave in Colombia than a cell in the United States.” He even attempted to change Colombia’s law of extradition by paying the country’s entire debt – an estimated $20 billion dollars.