All news on the topic: Pablo Escobar

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'Cartel thugs forced me to act with their prostitutes and they were best at it'
While filming on location in some of the dodgier neighbourhoods in Medellin, where drug lord Pablo Escobar built up his empire in the 80s and 90s, local thugs approached the director and offered their protection if he would cast local prostitutes in the movie
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Drug boss caught in luxurious mansion after being spotted taking dog to vets
Colombian drug boss Julio Andres Murillo Figueroa, alias the Tsar, who was wanted over trafficking cocaine to Europe for more than 15 years was finally caught after being seen taking his dog to the vets
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Officials accused of secretly planning to kill Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos
Around 74 of the cocaine kingpin's hippos were due to be moved to wildlife refuges but there have been delays. One animal expert claims that it is because officials want to kill the hippos
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Donald Trump challenged to a game of tennis to settle £281million damages bill
Donald Trump has been challenged to a tennis game worth almost £300million by a director willing to pay his debts if the former president was to win the contest
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Netflix fans call for Sofia Vergara to win 'all the awards' for hit series
The Modern Family star fronts Griselda, Netflix’s new limited series from the creators of Narcos
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Netflix fans 'can't sleep' after gritty new crime series as it's 'just too good'
New Netflix mini series Griselda chronicles the life of a notorious Colombian drug lord in charge of a massive cocaine empire in Miami. Unflinching in its brutality, the six-parter has really knocked the stuffing out of viewers
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Michelle Mone's husband moans of being treated 'like punchbags' - full statement
In a New Year's Day message, Doug Barrowman maintained his innocence and claimed it is "curious" that only PPE Medpro is facing legal action when there are over 170 disputes over Covid contracts
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Michelle Mone moans about tough year as she compares treatment to Pablo Escobar
Conservative peer Michelle Mone complained that she is being treated like the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar as her bank accounts are frozen by the National Crime Agency
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Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos to be sterilised as 150 take over Colombia waters
Escobar had originally purchased just four of the huge animals, but once they got out into the wild they have gone on to produce 150 more. Experts believe there could be more than 1,000 by 2035
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Pablo Escobar's rampaging cocaine hippos facing Colombian government cull
The herd of hippos has grown to nearly 170 from just four that escaped from Escobar's private zoo in Puerto Triunfo 30 years ago. The government is now planning to cull the animals
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Best foreign holiday spot is named and it may not be where you'd expect
Medellin, in Colombia, is a far cry from the days its people lived in fear of drug lord Pablo Escobar, and is now a vibrant city with perfect temperatures for tourists
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Drug lord died after getting plastic surgery to make himself unrecognisable
Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was nicknamed the “lord of the skies”, was Mexico's most powerful drug lord for 10 years as boss of the Juarez cartel but he died after facial surgery to alter his appearance
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Enormous hippo descended from Pablo Escobar's herd dies after being hit by a car
The people inside the vehicle were unharmed in the collision which took place on a highway from Bogota to Medellin in the northwest, close to where Pablo Escobar's estate in Colombia
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Top police chief says he uses exorcism and religious rituals to fight crime
General Henry Sanabria further claimed the infamous cocaine trafficker in Colombia, Pablo Escobar, was brought down through the use of spiritual rituals and exorcisms
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Pablo Escobar's hippos to be removed from Colombia as they go out of control
The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have been declared a toxic invasive species because they have no natural predator in Colombia and pose a biodiversity risk because their faeces changes the composition of rivers
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Inside life of Cocaine Godmother with lust for murder as story hits our screens
Griselda Blanco, dubbed the Cocaine Godmother, was the queenpin among kingpins in the Colombian Medellin drug cartel of the 70s and 80s. She was a trailblazer for women entrepreneurs the world over