In Medellin, a Colombian authorities demolished the huge house of drug Lord Pablo Escobar
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The authorities of the Colombian city of Medellin (capital of the North-Western Antioquia Department) on Friday demolished the house, known as “Monaco”, in which the family lived drug Lord Pablo Escobar, who was killed in a shootout with police in 1993, reports TASS.
At 11:53 local time (19:53) was produced by controlled explosion that destroyed eight-story building. The dwelling place of the drug Lord promised to erect a memorial in memory of the victims of the drug.
The building was located in the fashionable El Poblado district in the East of Medellin. Escobar left the house in 1988 after a failed assassination attempt against him.
In September last year, the city authorities closed dedicated to Escobar’s house Museum. In it the visitors could get acquainted with lots of photos, and a collection of personal belongings of the drug. Managed the Museum’s older brother and former accomplice of the criminal Roberto Escobar Gaviria.
Pablo Escobar went down in history as one of the most violent criminals of the XX century. Due to the large number of books, the popular series Narcos production Netflix and tours associated with Escobar in Medellin, some residents are concerned that the life of a drug Lord glorify and turns into a legend. Groups of tourists visited daily by Monaco.
We will remind, last week it was reported that three-ton hippos that Escobar entertainment for many years ago, brought to his estate, multiplying out of control and scattered in a vast area. Environmentalists believe that animals are dangerous for nature and the local population. Over the years their numbers have increased, according to conservative estimates, from four to 50 individuals of this species of the African fauna.
In the zoo, in addition to Escobar’s hippos were kept hundreds of exotic animals such as rhinos, elephants and giraffes.