Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord who led the Medellín cartel in the 1980s and early 1990s, becoming one of the wealthiest criminals in history.
His name has become shorthand for extreme drug trafficking wealth and violence: He thinks he's Pablo Escobar just because he sold some weed.
References often invoke his mix of brutality and folk-hero mythology—he built housing for the poor while ordering assassinations of judges and politicians.
Person worth ten figures
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- Forbes listMagazine's wealth ranking
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- mansionsLarge, stately houses
zoo · hippos · submarines · money laundering · cash · luxury · extravagance · assets
Criminal trafficking organization leader
- narcotraffickerIllegal drug trade operator
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- capoString-shortening clamp device
- godfatherMale baptismal guardian
fugitive · outlaw · public enemy · most wanted · DEA · extradition · corruption · bribery
Combined group pursuing shared interest
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
- organizationStructured group with purpose
network · sicarios · plaza · territory · rivals · turf war · distribution · supply chain
Colombian highland city
Having a terrible reputation
- notoriousFamous for negativity
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- Robin HoodLegendary forest-dwelling archer
folk hero · controversy · documentary · Netflix · biopic · true crime · journalism
billionaire
Person worth ten figures
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- Forbes listMagazine's wealth ranking
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
mansions · zoo · hippos · submarines · money laundering · cash · luxury · extravagance · assets · real estate
drug lord
Criminal trafficking organization leader
- narcotraffickerIllegal drug trade operator
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- capoString-shortening clamp device
godfather · fugitive · outlaw · public enemy · most wanted · DEA · extradition · corruption · bribery · murder
syndicate
Combined group pursuing shared interest
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
organization · network · sicarios · plaza · territory · rivals · turf war · distribution · supply chain · pipeline
Medellín
Colombian highland city
infamous
Having a terrible reputation
Robin Hood · folk hero · controversy · documentary · Netflix · biopic · true crime · journalism
- ColombiansGabriel Garcia Marquez, Shakira, J Balvin, Simon Bolivar, Sofia Vergara
- Latin AmericansSimon Bolivar, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Peron, Augusto Pinochet
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- ColombiaBogota, Medellin, Cali, Colombian flag, Colombian coffee
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- narcotraffickingdrug trafficking, drug cartels, drug lord, drug lords, narcos
Pablo EscobarEliot Ness
Prohibition-era federal agent
J. Edgar Hoover · DEA agent · prosecutor · judge · Rudy Giuliani
Pablo EscobarMother Teresa
Canonized Albanian missionary
Mahatma Gandhi · Nelson Mandela · Martin Luther King Jr. · saint · humanitarian
Pablo EscobarWarren Buffett