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A nephew of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has said that he found a plastic bag of money worth $ 18 million (£ 14 million) hidden in the wall of one of his uncle’s houses.
Nicolás Escobar told the Colombian media that “a vision” indicated where to look for the money in the department where he lives in the city of Medellín.
He said it was not the first time he had found money in places where his uncle used to avoid capture, as Escobar reportedly hid millions in property.
He died in a police shootout in 1993.
At the peak of his career, Escobar was said to be the seventh richest person on the planet.
Rumors of Escobar’s hidden fortunes have circulated in Medellín since his death, after he spent decades waging a war against the Colombian state to prevent his extradition to the United States.
Nicolas Escobar he told the Colombian television channel Red + Noticias He had also found a typewriter, satellite phones, a gold pen, a camera, and a roll of film yet to be developed.
“Every time I sat in the dining room and looked out into the parking lot, I would see a man walking in and out,” he said.
“The smell [inside] it was amazing. A smell 100 times worse than something that had died. “
Some of the decades-old banknotes were worn out and could no longer be used, said Nicolás Escobar, who has been living in the department for the past five years.
In the interview, he said that he accompanied his uncle on many occasions, and that he was once kidnapped by people who were looking for Escobar’s whereabouts: “They tortured me for seven hours. Two of my workers were attacked with a chainsaw. “
Who was Pablo Escobar?
Escobar was born in Rionegro, Colombia in 1949 and established a drug cartel in Medellín in the 1970s.
At its peak, the gang supplied approximately 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
His wealth catapulted him to the Forbes list of global billionaires for seven years.
After the United States issued an extradition order, Escobar resisted capture and his gang targeted politicians, police officers and journalists.
After his arrest in 1991, Escobar was housed in a prison of his own design, nicknamed the Cathedral, where he continued to oversee the Medellín Cartel.
In all, Escobar is believed to be responsible for some 4,000 deaths.
But his humble roots made him popular with some Colombians whose support he cultivated by handing out large amounts of cash and investing in the poor neighborhoods of Medellín.
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