Although the tours don't officially exist as nobody wants to honor Pablo Escobar, the tour of all places related to the man/myth/legend are easily available to tourists for about $15 and are very popular with foreigners. We learned about his entire history from when he started stealing cars and motorcycles as a teenager to sell them for parts until he controlled what would easily be one of the largest Fortune 100 companies in the world if legal -- the Medellín Cartel. Many of the poor considered hime to be a Robin Hood of sorts as he built many hospitals, sports complexes and other community places. This didn't make up for the fact that he also created one of the most violent countries in the world with his paramilitaries and once the rivalry with the Calí Cartel took full hold there was blood in the streets throughout the country. He was a completely cold blooded killer who took out 5 presidential candidates who didn't share his enthusiasm for cocaine crime and continually bombed the government and rival assets. Many here suspect that the CIA may have been involved in his final death but credit was officially given to the elite military force that had been assigned to track him down. Other theories suggest he actually escaped and had reconstructive surgery but nobody gives real credence to that.
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