Pablo Escobar

The Early Years of Pablo Escobar

   The criminal life of Pablo Escobar began when he was still in school. Pablo grew up in the Medellín suburb of Envigado.  As a new beginner to the criminal lifestyle he started small by stealing tombstones and headstones from nearby graveyards. The stones that he had stolen were sold off to smugglers from Panama. To increase his reputation, he started to steal cars from the streets of Medellin. The lifestyle that he was living obviously wasn’t enough for him so he began a journey of going into the cocaine business. During the years of 1970, Escobar became famous in the cocaine business. After this point he had built his own drug empire known as Medellin Cartel.