Pablo Escobar Research Paper

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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born on December 1, 1949, in the Colombian city of Rionegro, Antioquia. His family consisted of his mother, a schoolteacher, his father, a peasant farmer, and his six brothers and sisters. Thereafter Pablo’s birth his family moved to Envigado. “From an early age, Escobar packed a unique drive and ambition to raise himself up from his humble beginnings.” (Biography.com, Para. 3) As a young man Pablo told everybody that he would be the president of Colombia. Crime was where Pablo thought he would find riches. Starting as just a street thug, he then escalated to stealing cars. Later on, he joined the smuggling business. “Escobar’s early prominence came during the “Marlboro Wars,” in which he played a high-profile