A Robin Hood to many in Medellín, then a seat in Colombia's Congress in 1982. For officials in his way: plata o plomo, silver or lead. When Colombia banned extradition in June 1991, Escobar surrendered the same day, into La Catedral, a prison reportedly built to his own design, with his own guards, a football field and a bar. When the government tried to move him in 1992, he walked out.
Full documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwwsFXrsCqg
Visuals are AI reconstructions.
