Maverick_27

LONDON: Money, money, money must be funny in a druglord's world — a Columbian cocaine baron is said to have burned over $1.5 million in hard cash in one night just to keep his daughter warm at a mountain hideout.

Slain druglord Pablo Escobar lit a bonfire using wads of US dollars at the hideout, while he was on the run from the security forces, to cook besides keeping his daughter warm, British tabloid Daily Mirror quoted Escobar's son as telling 'Colombian' magazine.

In fact, Sebastian Marroquin, who changed his name from Juan Pablo Escobar, told the leading magazine that his father burned the money as he thought his girl was suffering from hypothermia.

Escobar, the head of the Medellin cartel, who had an estimated £18 billion fortune in 1989, was listed by the US 'Forbes' magazine as the seventh-richest man in the world.

In fact, during the height of his power in the 1980s, Escobar, controlled a vast empire of drugs and murder that covered the globe, and ruled over a personal empire of mansions, airplanes, a private zoo and even his own army of soldiers and hardened criminals.

Escobar made billions of dollars, ordered the murder of hundreds if not thousands of people. But, at the same time, he was said to have spent millions of dollars on schools, stadiums, churches and even housing for the poor.

However, in 1993, Colombian security forces, using US technology, located Escobar hiding in a home in a middle- class section of Medellin. He was eventually gunned down as he attempted to escape.

According to his brother Roberto Escobar's book, 'The Accountant's Story', before entering the cocaine trade, Escobar ran a business selling and reusing old tombstones from long forgotten graves.


'Druglord dad burned $1.5m in cash to keep girl warm' - UK - World - The Times of India


burning 1.5 millions USD to keep the daughter warm. income was illegal so we can say that easy come easy go. but we shud appreciate his spirit as a father.


popularly known as Robin Hood of Columbia; his profile at wikipedia


Pablo Escobar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arleitter

Hmmmmm

simplyme

Poor guy, It showed the signs of desperation.

At the end of the day money does not mean anything. It is the relationship that matters.

inzi_rocks

Sure shows the love of a father for his daughter

Maverick_27

well said............

but on the other hand same guy was selling the drugs to spoil the life of others children........... newayz thats the life is all about

hitchki

What a daddy.

aminas

Daddy cool

Sara516

every father wud do the same

Pareezay

After getting thousands of people addicted to drugs, possibly leading to death for many, spreading the filth of cocaine, getting thousands of people murdered, we should salute him as a father? Really? Because that 1.5 whatever he was burning to save his own daughter was earnt by ruining life of so many?
What a horrible human being, shame on him, he deserved the worst.

Iyla

lol!