A former safehouse of Pablo Escobar, where his brother Roberto, seen here, now plays host to curious tourists. The house still has a secret hiding place and memorabilia from the drug lord's heyday.
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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The Wanted poster for Pablo Escobar and his brother Roberto, which offered $10 million for information that would lead to their capture. At his most powerful, Pablo controlled 80 percent of the cocaine trafficked to the United States. A team of American and Colombian forces tried to hunt him down.
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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On the tour, an image showing the entrance to Napoles, Pablo Escobar's largest home. Escobar was once rated the seventh-richest man in the world, world more than $25 million. He's believed to have used that power to murder anyone who opposed him. He had this plane mounted atop the entrance to represent freedom.
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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Tour-guide Natalia in the Escobar hideaway, showing bullet holes from a gunfight. Roberto was recently targeted by kidnappers, who hoped to hold him for ransom and claim a share of the Escobar family's millions. Roberto said the money is gone now. The family has set up a foundation to aid HIV patients and others in need.
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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As U.S. and Colombian forces tracked him down, Pablo Escobar fled to this rooftop, where he was gunned down. His family, however, maintains he shot himself. As proof, they point to a bullet wound in his head, and a regular saying of his: "I prefer to be in the grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States."
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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Pablo Escobar was buried in Medellin, the city where he grew up, beside his mother, father, and other brothers. Despite his wealth, the grave is a simple one. Apparently, his mother had liked the spot, and wanted the family to be buried there.
- [William Lloyd George/GlobalPost]
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