Colombian authorities have demolished the former home of drug Lord Pablo Escobar
KIEV. 22 Feb. UNN. 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. It is reported by UNN with reference to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.
According to him, at 11:53 local time (18:53 CET) was made a controlled explosion that destroyed the building. In its place it is planned to erect a memorial in memory of the victims of the drug.
The building of the “Monaco” 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 2018, the city government shut down is 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. He was killed in a shootout with police in 1993.
Remember, the drug Lord Guzman wanted to deliver the drugs to Mexico to oil tankers.