PBS Frontline - Godfather of Cocaine - Pablo Escobar - Part 1/4

Feb. 14, 1995
90 minutes

FRONTLINE travels to Colombia for an investigative biography of the rise and fall of the richest and most violent cocaine drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Before Colombian police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency hunted him down and killed him, Escobar built an estimated $4 billion fortune through international cocaine smuggling alliances and the violent repression of his enemies.

Producer: Bill Cran

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[djaiseman]

14:11 incredible.....the guy called rene was the goalkeeper of the colombian national team,....this guy was no thug, nor a killer, just a goakeeper.....what a big error they made in this documentary

[MrAjh420]

@djaiseman incredible , i bet higuita doesnt know , he cuold sue them for this big mistake!!! he was the national goal keeper , out if this business.. wow this is incriminating bullshit

[sneller1985]

@MrAjh420 Higuita was imprisoned in 1993 after getting involved in a kidnapping. Acting as a go-between for the drug barons Pablo Escobar and Carlos Molina, he was largely responsible for securing the release of Molina's daughter by delivering the ransom money.

[sneller1985]

@djaiseman Higuita was imprisoned in 1993 after getting involved in a kidnapping. Acting as a go-between for the drug barons Pablo Escobar and Carlos Molina, he was largely responsible for securing the release of Molina's daughter by delivering the ransom money.

[alherchenreder]

So what ever happend to all the money and assets after his death? Did it just get divided like a will lol?

[sneller1985]

@alherchenreder Pablo's money was appropriated by the Panamanian government.

[jendeh1000]

What's funny; the death of Pablo Escobar has increased the cocaine shipments into the U.S.

[JHendrix70]

Great Upload! Thanks for the vid,

[LyricistSavvy]

3 bliion? nah tit was at least quadruple that

[VitalMusic217]

@sneller1985

oh my god, rene higuita shown as a thug working for escobar!! rene higuita didnt even know him by thath time, he was imprisoned for visitin escobar when he was in jail, in 1993

[NarcoTrafficantes]

@TheRussianHobo you dont know what you're talking about. you think you know everything just because you watched cocaine cowboys 2 lol. Griselda blanco was never even a billionaire.

[devilxteachr]

Escobar <3 <3

[TheRussianHobo]

@hmt741 You're a moron if you don't think she was. Few questions for you, who was the first millionaire, who was the first billionaire, who's still living? Now you just pipe down.

[hmt741]

@TheRussianHobo no ...

[TheRussianHobo]

Greselda Blanco was more successful.

[Charlydx21]

So Escobar worked for Griselda Blanco and Ochoa before he came up. Escobar was petty car thief before Griselda and Ochoa showed him the trade.

[MrAjh420]

@sneller1985 ive forgot about it , yes indeed he was imprisoned , but he was far from being a a drug baron himself , i mean he did spent a short time behind bars , but was not accountable for any drug deals that im aware of . Anyway thanks for the info .