A Safe at the house of the devil A safe that may contain valuables found at the home of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, was discovered by a wrecking crew that was demolishing the house because the homeowners Christian De Berdouare, and wife Jennifer Valoppi said, “They were excited to see the house of the devil disappear right before their eyes,” they told the associated press. A safe found in the wall at the old home of Pablo Escobar, the safe found by one of the crew members that was helping taking down the kingpins house, Miguel Mato found the safe that was in the wall and said it weighed around 600, to 700 pounds and heard objects in the safe when he found it. Pablo Escobar the kingpin of the medellin cartel, who supplied 80 percent …show more content…
Fox news one of the news stations that wanted to do the Pablo Escobar story , Fox reported that Miguel Mato found the safe while breaking down the house, Miguel continued to tell fox that the safe weighed around 600 to 700 pounds and may contain gold or diamonds inside. Fox went on to say that when pablo escobar purchased the house in march 1980 for 762,500 dollars which he paid cash for upfront, but seven years later the property was confiscated by the U.S. authorities. Homeowner Valoppi also said that the safe well be kept in a bank vault where it will stay until the owners complete the renovations and valoppi finishes up a documentary she's been working on about the mansions and its connections with pablo escobar. Fromer jefe Pablo Escobar of the medellin cartel was gunned down in colombia in 1993, was well known for the secretly riches he hid in walls and under the floors of his properties. The couple also hired a treasure hunter from kellyco metal detectors to search the site. Another news cast that also decide wanted to do the story was abc but abc’s version was very similar to fox’s story about the situation but abc mentioned that a tube filled with white powder 12 inches long and 2 inches wide, first thought to be cocaine but when tested came out to be negative but was hard to test because of the long period it was sitting for. Abc also received word that
Francisco Pizarro was a famous Spanish explorer. On September 13, 1524, Francisco Pizarro set sail from Panama to a conquest of Peru. He brought about eighty men and forty horses with him. In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain managed to obtain in a group of people from Emperor Charles V. Francisco Pizarro was known for capturing the Inca Emperor, Emperor Atahualpa, in 1532. In 1533, Pizarro conquered Peru.
The arrest of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was a victorious circumstance for the Mexican government, who have been closing down on his presence for the recent past years. Mexican authorities began taking down high ranked members of the Sinaloa Cartel including two of Guzman’s main associates. On February 22, 2014, the world’s most wanted man had also been captured. Although the biggest drug lord has been captured, the crime and violence left behind cannot be forgotten.
Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in a small town near Yuma, Arizona near the border. Born into a poor family, Cesar grew up in Arizona and in a small adobe home along with his parents (United Farm Workers 1). In his early life Cesar experienced a lot of injustices and saw how not only his parents, but most farm workers were being mistreated and overworked. Cesar Chavez later learned a lesson in his life about injustices that he would never be able to forget (United Farm Workers 1). Cesar would say “ the love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being, but is also the most true to our nature” (United Farm Workers 1).
He and Carlos Lehder worked together to develop a new island trans-shipment point in the Bahamas, called Norman's Cay. Carlos and Robert Vesco purchased most of the land on the island, which included a 3,300 foot airstrip, a harbor, hotel, houses, boats, aircraft and even built a refrigerated warehouse to store the cocaine. From 1978 to 1982, this was used as a central smuggling route for the Medellín Cartel. (According to his brother's account, Pablo did not purchase Norman's Cay. It was, instead, a sole venture of Carlos Lehder.) Escobar was able to purchase the 7.7 square miles (20 km2) of land, which included Hacienda Napoles, for several million dollars. He created a zoo, a lake and other diversions for his family and organization.[11] At one point, it was estimated that seventy to eighty tons of cocaine were being shipped from Colombia to the U.S. every month. At the peak of his power in the mid-1980s, he was shipping as much as eleven tons per flight in jetliners to the United States (the biggest load shipped by Pablo was 23,000 kg mixed with fish paste and shipped via boat, as confirmed by his brother in the book Escobar). In addition to using the planes, Pablo's brother, Roberto Escobar, said he also used two small remote-controlled submarines to transport the massive loads (these subs were, in fact, manned and this is again documented in Roberto's
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, the man that ruled cocaine distribution around the world, and devastated it in the process. Pablo Escobar’s influence and fame were so vast and reaching he outgrew his britches. Escobar’s vision and narcissistic approach which rose him to become the most intelligent, violent and influential political figure of narcotics and the Medellin cartel; which, led to the fatal bullet ending him on the rooftop of an abandoned house in his home town.
This led to 58 deaths and nearly 500 injured. Once law enforcement officials figured out where the shots were coming from they immediately took action into finding exactly where and who was behind this terrible act. When the police and swat team got there, they found a security guard injured and Paddox dead in his hotel room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Law enforcement officials stated that investigators believe that the note found on the nightstand in Paddox room contained numbers to help calculate more precise shots. Investigators are still working to determine why Paddox committed this
He gives a statement that the bodies of two Americans, who had been abducted and killed by Mexican drug traffickers, were buried on the south side of La Primavera Park. This proves valid after caring various soil samples of the place and the victims’ bodies. Drug trafficker is apprehended and arrested as the primary interrogator during Camarena’s ordeal. This is arrived at after careful hair and fingerprints sample tests. FBI forensic team processed the evidence seized by the MFJP forensic team from 881 Lope De Vega. The evidence consisted of small samples the MFJP had taken of SA Camarena's burial sheet, a piece of rope used to bind SA Camarena and a portion of a pillowcase removed from bedroom. Forensic evidences indentify 881 Lope De Vega as the site where the victims had been held. It strongly associates two Mexican citizens. Detailed model of the residence is drawn and prepared for FBI Laboratory trial. Trial charts are also prepared to explain various forensic evidences (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Kyra Gurney is an Education Reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. She graduated from Columbia University and has a Master of Science in Journalism. She was also a reporter and assistant editor for Insight Crime, as well as an Editorial Intern for The City Paper Bogota; reported Colombian politics, current events, etc. This source caught my eye when I expanded my research on Kyra Gurney, it showed there was plenty of information not just on the one topic I wanted to look more into specifically but it brought me more information than I needed. Kyra Gurney writes about “Top 10 Tales from Pablo Escobar’s Son’s Book”. It discusses everything he did as a young man starting off in the right direction, which soon turned around. He then started up in
“The plastic bag recovered from the car seat contained seven separate plastic bags containing off-white material, which field-tested positive for crack cocaine. In light of the proximity of the bags of cocaine to Ms. Watson, she was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute, a felony. As the owner and operator of the vehicle, Jeffery Cox was arrested and charged with the same felony. A search of his person after the arrest revealed $1,450 in cash and several small empty plastic bags with a powder residue that field-tested positive for cocaine.”
Mexico has been fighting drug cartels and their violence since December of 2006, since then, the activity between these organizations and crimes have been on the rise. In Mexico, over 70,000 people have lost their lives in crimes and violence associated with the leading cartels of Mexico. These leading cartels include: The Beltran Leyva, Gulf Cartel, Juarez Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas and the Tijuana/Arellano Felix Cartel. One of the most important effects of these cartels is in the social life of the citizens. Most of the citizens are terrified of these cartels, to the point where streets seem vacant because the people are too scared to roam the streets. These cartels impose fear with acts such as that of September 15, 2008, when grenades were thrown into crowds in Morelia town square in an independence day celebration killing eight people. The soci...
Attention Getter: Have any of you ever smoked weed? Done cocaine? If you answered yes, there is an almost 50% chance that it was smuggled across the border by the Sinaloa Cartel, which is controlled by one Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Pablo Escobar, also known as “The King of Cocaine”, was a notorious Colombian drug lord, who at the height of his career supplied about 80% of the cocaine, which was smuggled into the U.S. (Wikipedia web). In the 1970’s, Pablo Escobar rose to power when began to take control over drug trafficking and the selling of cocaine. He was known to be a very violent and ruthless person, who showed no mercy that did not follow his simple commands. He became wealthy because no one stood in his way,
Pablo Escobar is personally responsible for the killing of approximately 3,000 people in his lifetime. The killings were ruthless and unjust and were meant to frighten anyone who may oppose him. He generally killed to get ahead in the drug business and most reported killings were between rival drug kingpins. Escobar brought in more than two billion dollars illegally a year and probably could have made more if he did not run for a spot in the Colombian Government. Pablo Escobar was elected into the Colombian Government but was soon removed due to a Colombian Government official finding out he was a Drug Kingpin, and he paid off almost every official to get a spot in the Senate.
Pablo once told his mother that he wanted to be "big" someday but I don't think this was what she had in mind. Pablo started out making money by sneaking into grave yards at night and stealing the tombstones from the deceased he would then sand blast the engraving off of the tombstone and sell them as new grave markers to the Panamanians. By age twenty Pablo was also an accomplished car thief. His small time crimes would never amount to what he was going to become. His reputation grew after a well known Medellin drug dealer named Fabio Restrepo was murdered in 1975 ostensibly by Escobar,all of Restrepo's men were informed that they now worked for Pablo.. It was here that he began his pattern of dealing with the authorities by either bribing them or killing them.
On December 1st, 1949, one of the most dangerous, frightening, wealthiest drug lords was born in Colombia; his name, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. This drug lord wasn’t just any regular drug dealer. He killed anyone who interfered with his business. He was the head mastermind behind the Medellin Cartel, where he made tons of cocaine daily. This man seems like he would be a terrible person, however he did somethings to benefit the poor(1,Macias,Amanda). At his home in Puerto Triunfu, Escobar built a zoo filled with different animals such as hippos, giraffes, elephants, zebras, and even cheetahs! It is said that hippos still roam the grounds of his home today (4, Picone,Kiri). Pablo Escobar was one