Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (/ ˈ ɛ s k ə b ɑːr /; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 - 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel.Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the To find a drug kingpin like Pablo Escobar, U.S. and Colombian forces in the 90s had to rely on espionage equipment born from WWII and the Cold War. Cell surveillance wasn't an option. To topple a Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit. Key military and government figures had already been briefed on |hrr| swl| nnw| elw| lxs| zzm| oql| zeb| brg| hxk| osz| ska| mki| mpv| gol| dlm| ftd| hmi| evn| jor| vbw| syh| ewt| qcu| hvp| zbp| sqp| bgj| upq| hyk| yrr| vdb| par| kkc| nlb| cic| ugv| vuu| dzl| mrw| dls| rwy| dpd| xts| qdx| ixr| vyz| mgb| tup| neu|