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He was the 3rd of seven children of the farmer Abel de Jesus Dari Escobar Echeverri, with his wife Hilda de Los Dolores Gaviria Berrio, an elementary school teacher. Pablo Escobar was born on 1 December 1949, in Rionegro, in the Antioquia Department of Colombia. He earned popularity by sponsoring charity projects and soccer clubs, but later, terror campaigns that resulted in the murder of thousands turned public opinion against him. Escobar entered the cocaine trade in the early 1970s, collaborating with other criminals to form the Medellin Cartel. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug trafficker who eventually controlled over 80 percent of the cocaine shipped to the U.S., earning him the rank of one of Forbes Magazine’s 10 wealthiest people in the world. While his vast empire was built on murders and crimes, he was known for sponsoring soccer clubs and charity projects. He also had his own army of soldiers and seasoned criminals. His empire included four hundred luxury mansions across the world, private aircraft, and a private zoo that housed various exotic animals. He led an extravagant life with the fortune he made. In 1989 Forbes mentioned him as the seventh wealthiest person in the world. The earnings sum up to around $100 billion when money buried in various parts of Colombia are included. His known estimated net worth was $30 billion. He earned billions of dollars and by the early 90s. shipping over 80% of the total drug smuggled in the country. The 1970s and 1980s saw Pablo Escobar and the ‘Medellin Cartel’ enjoying near-monopoly in the cocaine smuggling business in the U.S. The ‘Medellin Cartel’ was formed by him in collaboration with other criminals to ship cocaine to the American market. He was considered as the most flagrant, influential, and richest criminal in the history of cocaine marketing. Pablo Escobar is often known as the ‘King of coke’ was a notorious Colombian drug lord.