Life and Death of Pablo Escobar

By escobarpablo

  • Birth

    Birth
    Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria is born

  • DEA is established

    Richard Nixon establishes the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

  • Large Colombian Drug Seizure

    Colombian police seize 600 kilograms of cocaine — the largest seizure to date — from a small plane. Drug traffickers respond with a vendetta, killing 40 people in one weekend in what's known as the "Medellin Massacre." The event signals the new power of Colombia's cocaine industry, headquartered in Medellin.

  • Medellin Cartel Rises to Power

    The Medellin cartel rises to power. The alliance includes the Ochoa family, Pablo Escobar, Carolos Lehder and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.

  • Escobar is elected

    Building up a Robin Hood-esque image with the poor of Colombia, he is elected to the Colombian National Congress. He will later be ran out of office after officials accuse him for being a drug trafficker.

  • "Just Say No"

    Nancy Reagan launches her "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign

  • Minister of Justice Assassination

    Escobar's assassin kills Minster of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, one of the men who drove Escobar out of Congress years earlier.

  • First Extradition

    Colombia extradites drug traffickers to the United States for the first time. U.S. officials discover that the Medellin cartel has a "hit list" that includes embassy members, their families, U.S. businessmen and journalists.

  • Guerrillas attack Palace of Justice

    Financed by Pablo Escobar to destroy evidence that could get him extradited to the US, armed Guerrillas storm Colombia's Palace of Justice, killing over 100.

  • Colombia annuls extradition

    Colombia annuls extradition treaty with the United States

  • Escobar Forbes listing

    Pablo Escobar is featured in Forbes Magazine as one of the world's richest people.

  • Presidential candidate assassinated

    Colombian Presidential Candidate Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento was shot and killed, he was an opponent of the drug cartels and supporter of Colombian-US extradition policies

  • Avianva Flight 203 explosion

    Avianca Flight 203 exploded due to a bomb onboard, killing 110 people, Escobar was suspected culprit.

  • Escobar's Death

    Escobar was shot on the roof of his Colombian home, surrounded by the military.