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Pablo Escobar

Introduction
Pablo Escobar was a man of power and riches during his time in history. Escobar was listed as the seventh richest man in the world in 1989. Coming from Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, Escobar started off as a small time gangster and a car thief. His small time crimes would never amount to what he was going to become. In the late 1970 s Escobar and his cartel became one of the most powerful organized crime organizations. The cartel consolidated the cocaine industry controlling as much as 80 percent of cocaine worldwide. This paper dives deep into the life and rise of Pablo Escobar.

Early Life
Pablo Escobar was born second child in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1979. Eight years later, with the addition of two more brothers, his family set out to the United States in search for a better life. They end up in West New York, NJ. (Bowden, 55)

Ten years went by and his family was only deteriorating. In 1994 Pablo's mother kidnapped the three......

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