The death of pablo escobar

Escobar, cornered by the armed forces and the threats against his family interrupted the entire
terrorist campaign. I try to re-negotiate his surrender, conditional on the departure of his wife
and children, but this time his proposal was echoed between the Executive. While he managed
to evade the Search Block for 6 months, the death of his security chief Leon Puerta Muoz
"The angel" in October 1993 left him unprotected in command and rank and file assassins.
Finally, concerns about the situation of his wife and children in refugee Residences
Tequendama under strict police surveillance after unsuccessfully finding asylum in Argentina
and Germany. The government saw while family capo as weakness and as bait to lure him.
The Search Bloc gave the task to locate Escobar until, after a year and four months of intensive
intelligence work on 1 December 1993.38 got track and locate Escobar six calls made to his son
. When cornered he tried to escape, but died during the flight of a shot in the corazn.39
However, his death there are several hypotheses:
He was shot by a squadron of block while trying to flee, 40 this scene is depicted in a
famous Botero.41 box and being the official version.
Who committed suicide by a shot in the lower part of the ear, 42 43 as seen on the
exhumation of the body; This version matches the theme of The Extraditables: "We
prefer a grave in Colombia to a jail in the United States" and defended his version
familia.42
A sniper of the group the "Pepes" or Search Block or Delta Force will dispar.44 This
shot was made by an officer who was part of Dijin Search Bloc.
Colonel Hugo Aguilar Heliodorus, who led the assault group that came to the house,
gave the coup de grace to Escobar.45 Previously signals intelligence units were
located DIJIN by French and British technology acquired by the National Police 1991
and operated by officers and NCOs intelligence Colombiana.46 Police in an interview
with Gilberto Rodriguez brothers said it helped to purchase the technology.
It is also said that Carlos Castao Gil, the leader of the United Self Defense Forces of
Colombia (AUC) was responsible for the death of Escobar, according to a confession of
a paramilitary named Antonio Hernandez, known by the alias John.47
Escobar's death generated different reactions: his family and protected mourned his death,
and his funeral was attended by thousands of people, mostly from the slums of Medellin. But
the press and the government considered a triumph in the fight against drugs and the
beginning of the end of drug trafficking, which has not happened so far; modern day fighters,
paramilitaries and organized crime groups known as Bacrim (criminal gangs) the drug trade
dispute. Although immediately his dejection, and Cali cartels had control Norte del Valle drug
to their respective solutions.
Among the myths about his death figure says no one died, he hired a double and is enjoying
his hidden dinero.48 42 Among those who consider it dead yet his image is still very much alive
and is used politically. Your photos are sold next to Che Guevara. Even in some places still is
revered as a saint in his grave offerings were deposited. His legend is part of the tour of
Medellin. His farm in the countryside is now a museum visited by thousands of tourists each
year.49 Your image has so much weight that continues to be used even for political campaigns,
selling 50 shirts and shirts in Austria, United States, Guatemala and Mexico, 51 album sales
figures for children, 48 clocks with his image and his books on vida.49