...Pablo Escobar was the cruelest and most brutal drug kingpin Columbia had ever seen. He was also the most intelligent. By being so intelligent he was able to become the seventh wealthiest man in the world and was able to build an empire that supplied cocaine to 80% of the world’s population. Through intimidation, fear, control, manipulation and brutality one of the world’s largest drug cartels rose in power over the citizens and government of Columbia and these characteristics is what also drove the Medellin cartel to its collapse in 1993. Pablo Escobar was born on December 1, 1949 to a peasant farmer and a school teacher. After many years as a small time criminal, Escobar saw an opportunity to become what he had always wanted; wealthy and powerful. Escobar realized the money he could make with coca paste. He would “buy the coca paste in Bolivia or Peru, smuggle the paste back into Columbia, grind the paste into cocaine and then transport it for sale in the U.S and many other countries.”(1) In 1976, Pablo Escobar murdered his way to the top of the Medellin cartel by killing off the cartel’s original kingpin, Fabio Restrepo. With this new position opened, Escobar now had sole control over Columbia’s cocaine trade. With his election into Columbia’s Congress in 1982, Escobar had a political advantage over his rival, The Cali Cartel. With his new found political power, Escobar could now reach his murderous hand into every corner of Columbia and every country beyond Columbia, including...
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...Adonis Mezee Nyagbona Professor Jacobs English 111 6 October 2015 Pablo Escobar Colombia’s Dream or Nightmare? December 2, 1993 the world’s most wanted man was tracked down to a small house in a suburb outside of Medellin. Many would ask who the world’s most wanted man was at this time and it would be none other than El Padrino (the Godfather) Pablo Escobar. For those who do not know El Padrino he was the world’s largest cocaine distributor in the world. Even though many Colombians prospered from Pablo Escobar’s cocaine trade; was the financial gain worth the state becoming a narco-terror state; and introducing the world to a substance which would increase terror and corruption in two countries. Many Colombians and Americans would say no. Even though killing Pablo Escobar did not reduce the output of cocaine being imported into the U.S. and around the world. Many Colombians felt as if his death ended the narco-terror which paralyzed Colombia for almost fifteen years, but some Colombians believe that his good justified the means of his brutality. In the early 1970’s the United States started a campaign called the War on Drugs, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse enemy number one’ in 1971. Why did Richard Nixon take a hard line look at drugs with the Vietnam War taken place? Was it because, he looked at drugs as symbols of rebellion, political strife, and or social upheaval? Who knows what President Nixon’s reasoning for this new policy? After this policy was established...
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...Abby Simon CMCL-C 392 Paper 1 When deciding which genre I was going to choose I went over some debate in my head. I of course wanted to write about something that interested me, but also something that was shocking for me to watch never really knowing the history. I decided to analyze the films They Call It Pro Football and The Two Escobars. Having never seen either of these films before and being a huge sports fan I was very intrigued. Each come from different times, but have many similar and different aspects that I found. They Call It Pro Football came out in 1966 and was made by a company called NFL Films. To this day they are still creating incredible pieces of sports work. In my opinion the overall goal of this film is to show the tensions, community, and reality of football. This film to me took us into the field very well by giving us great audio of the players and coaches as well as certain fans in the audience. By giving us a first-hand look at how coaches interact with referees and how the players interact with each other we get to see how much tension builds up, but how exciting it is for the viewers. We also get to see some behind the scenes looks into the announcing booths and how even if you aren’t sitting with the general population in the stands, the same feeling of happiness comes over you if your team does well. The argument that I feel is trying to be made is how great football is in general. The descriptions of the atmosphere and the players themselves...
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...Pablo Escobar: Pseudo-Transformational Leader Case #1 Prepared for Dr. Bret Bradley Prepared by Team 2: Timothy Donnelly Sande Jarrett Chase Miller MGT-3133-001 - Leadership February 14, 2012 Intro Pablo Escobar was the charismatic, ruthless leader of the Medellin drug cartel in Columbia during the 1970s and 80s (Kelly, 2005, p. 118). He possessed charisma, intelligence, and an idealized status in the eyes of his followers like a transformational leader (Minster, 2012), but he showed criminal tendencies from a young age (A&E, 2012) and displayed the poor morals and selfish manipulation of others that characterize a pseudo-transformational leader. While Escobar did have some degree of idealized influence and appeared to exert inspirational motivation, his poor morals and thirst for power compromised these aspects of his leadership and led to a lack of intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration for his followers. Because of this, Escobar, while charismatic and effective, was not a true transformational leader. Idealized Influence The idealized influence factor is a characteristic of transformational leadership where the leader’s behavior, charisma and strong moral values compel followers to strive to emulate the leader and view him as a role model (Northouse, 2010, p. 177). Individuals with poor moral values may still have high charisma and seek out leadership roles, but without the moral element cannot be considered...
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...El Cartel de Medellin Organized crime has been a problem since the early 1900s and has grown to become a major problem for law enforcement. The start of organized crime is known to be part of the prohibition from the early 1920s. In the 1920s organized crime groups were first known to society members as gangs. Most gangs were known to be immigrants from the same group that gather together to commit illegal crimes on other society members or the government. In the United States, organized crime is also known as racketeering. In 1970, congress passed an act known as the RICO act. RICO stands for "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act” (Organized crime, 2003). This act made it easier for law enforcement officials to prosecute individuals who have not committed a crime but has been found guilty of being the head person in charge of an organized crime group. In order for a organized crime group to succeed in a committing crime, history proves that blackmail, bribery, and other forms of manipulation have been used by gang members to gain what they want form society members. One of the best ways that organized crime groups have continued to succeed in the United States is because they have been known to have connections with many different levels of law enforcement and within the government. Organized criminal groups are known to be the main contributors of drug trafficking. Today the types of crimes committed by organized crime groups have grown. As organized crime...
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...Before there was Pablo Escobar , El Chapo and other cocaine leaders there was Griselda Blanco, a drug lord who was one of the first pioneers in the cocaine drug trade. La Dama de la Mafia, The Godmother, The Black Widow, Cocaine Queen of Miami, La Madrina, The Mafia Lady, and The Cocaine Godmother was only some of the alias that was given to Griselda Blanco. Marta Griselda Blanco was born on February 15,1954 in Cartagena, Colombia. At the age of three, her mother who was in the prostitution industry decided to move to Medellin, Colombia. Where she was abused by her mother, she decided to leave her side and live in the street. She became a criminal when she was only 11 years old. Blanco decided to kidnap a 10 year old boy from a very wealthy...
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...Drugs and Society Blow The movie isn't just a history of cocaine. However, it does qualify as a highly dramatic biography of George Jung. In the beginning of the movie we meet him as a little boy and we leave about the environment he was brought up in and follow him through his pursuit of what some would say “easy money” and the ups and downs of the ride along the way. This movie really personifies that higher you go the further you can fall. I think that this movie is very heavy on drama, and we don’t see a lot of action or comedy. George Jung is responsible for cocaine becoming the drug of choice for the rich and famous back in the early 70's. Before cocaine was a widely known narcotic, George hooked up with Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar to import mass quantities of the drug to the U.S. Jung had distribution channels which put the drugs into the hands of movie, TV and rock stars. That in turn made it the drug of choice with the trendy set, and in a very short period of time he was making tens of millions of dollars. While hiding from the authorities, George visits his parents back in New England. While he is having a heart-to-heart talk with his father, George's mother calls the police, who come and arrest him. This movie ends with George as an old man in prison, imagining that his daughter finally comes to visit him. She slowly fades away as a guard calls for George. The film finally ends with notes indicating that Jung's sentence will not expire until 2015, and that...
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...The landmine problem exists in Colombia for more than twenty years ago, but in the last four years, instead of decreasing, it has increased disproportionately. In fact, Colombia is the only country in Latin America and one of the few in the world where more and more mines appears every day. Thus, in the period between 1998 and 2004, there were more than 1,829 accidents, which mean an increase of 568% in the number of accidents per year. In the last ten years 2,185 accidents recorded, as a result which left 5,051 victims. Where 38% were soldiers, 62% were civilians. The ELN exceeded by more than 20% to the FARC in laying mines, although the size of the ELN was three to four times less than the FARC. This means that the ELN planted mines four times more weapons per combatant in the FARC until this year. Moreover, despite the recent relative decline in mine-laying by the ELN in the past three years with respect to the above, the ELN continues to use a higher proportion of mines in weapons fighter compared to its size, because in this period This guerrilla group has averaged eight times less than the FARC. Because of its low cost anti-personnel mines are a good alternative to these armed groups, for their massive manufacture, mines do not require a large infrastructure and materials to produce them. They are cheap and affordable to produce in huge amounts of mines known as "Chinese hat or quiebrapata and" In the case of the FARC, the mines used by the guerrillas are made...
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...Leonardo V. Joaquin Guzman Loera "El Chapo" Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera also known as the "Biggest Drug Lord" or "El Chapo Guzman", was born either on December twenty fifth nineteen ninety seven or April fourth nineteen ninety seven. He is mostly famous of the drugs and escapes he has had in his life. He runs Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuanna, and Methamphetamine. His biggest infuence was Pablo Escobar. Chapo guzman was first captured in ninety three for murder and drug trafficking. He was charged and sentenced to twenty years in prison. Meanwhile, in prison he bribed workers so he can continue his lifestyle behind bars, which is selling marijuanna, smuggling cocaine, and pills etc. Then it came down to two thousand and one...
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...We all know that Esteban liked to smile, a beautiful smile; his beauty could make one mourn him even if they did not know him. He was just living life. When we were wailing, I realized we should remember him just the way he was not how he is now. I am going to share some of my loving memories of him. I think he would appreciate the speech that I have cooked up for him. HE WAS COLOSSAL AND KIND LIKE A BIG TEDDY BEAR. He was built, ripped. He was virile and every woman and man knew it. In fact, I can vaguely remember this one time when he was found dead and we could not even find a bed in the village to lay him on. In memory of Esteban, our village has concluded that we will strengthen our floorboards, build larger houses, and have larger doors....
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... Rodriguez was a gang member that had got in many dangerous activities when he was younger, but now wanted to run for governor of California. He like esperanza a girl from House on Mango street, came from a rugged and bad life. He grew up in the hood as for esperanza grew up in a hood like neighborhood also. He never thought he will be able to become something greater because he grew up in a life of poverty. Rodriguez & Esperanza both become authors because they didn’t want to be apart the statistics that most latinos never become anything but criminals, field workers or just bad people in society. Rodriguez is running against jerry brown for governor because he wants to help people in poverty and give them a full view of life rather than what they experience everyday. He wants to add bookstores, art galleries, cultural places so kids can stop all the violence. This essay is going to explain why poverty doesn’t just mean your going to prisons, not get a job or don’t be anything in life like Rodriguez claims but tell you there is much more around the belt. Esperanza didn’t go to jail or become like those over women because she was poor she just knew that life wasn’t her so she chose to stay in school, writing stories and then became a author. Rodriguez mindset is poverty equals bad life and prison time. He doesn’t think of the pros in being poor just the cons. He found transformation through poetry and writing but doesn’t think everybody else can do that. Most poverty...
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...Colombia’s own Pablo Escobar (a.k.a Drug king) of his time. Pablo started out as a petty car thief and small time marijuana dealer. When Pablo hit 18 he was dealing cocaine, small portions to parts of Colombia. When Pablo turned 25 he started dealing cocaine to the United States of America. Pablo Escobar was the wealthiest man in the world making $25 billion a year, his personal worth alone was $8.1 billion. Pablo was head of the Medellin Cartel. In the 1970’s & 80’s Medellin Cartel is in Bolivia, Peru Honduras, United States, Canada, and Europe. Escobar was offered a deal he couldn’t refuse from the President of Colombia Cesar Gaviria. The agreement President Gaviria said that Escobar had leniency and immunity from the US. Pablo Escobar...
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...Born Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, he was born in Rionegro Colombia,Pablo Escobar net worth was once set at 25 billion dollars making him the richest drug trafficker in history.Growing up he was a son to a teacher and farmer.He began his crime rate at an early age stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale to smugglers.He did other crimes such as kidnapping selling contraband cigarettes,stealing cars selling fake lottery tickets,stuff like that making him millions by the age of 22.Around The 1970’s the empire of Pablo Escobar was starting up,Pablo flew his main source of income cocaine from Colombia and panama,as his empire of tracking grew he bought more planes that can carry more of his supply.After years of selling he soon...
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...Pablo Escobar was the most dangerous and most wealthy criminal in history smuggling more than 80 percent of cocaine into the US. He started out selling cigarettes, fake lottery tickets, and stealing cars. Then he began to sell and smuggle marijuana but then quickly switched to cocaine. With the location of Columbia, it would be a short trip to Argentina and the United States, making it easy for transportation. Escobar murdered Fabio Restrepo, the head of the Medellin drug cartel at the time, and quickly moved in. He began to start trading cocaine because it was very valuable and was widely used illegally. At the height of Escobar's power, he made an amazing amount of money every day. More than $70 million a day. Over his career, his net worth is estimated to be over three billion....
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...Danny Escobedo was taken into custody by the Chicago police at approximately 2:30 A.M on January 20 in connection with the shooting of one of his relatives, who was murdered the night before. Escobedo was released that same day, one hour later having made no incriminatory statement. The Chicago police later arrested Benedict DiGerlando, a so called “friend” of Escobedo, DiGerlando said that Escobedo had fired the fatal shot. Since DiGerlando said this, Escobedo was consequently arrested once again. After being arrested and taken into police custody as a suspect in the murder of his brother-in-law, the petitioner asked to speak to his attorney. His attorney arrived at police headquarters soon after the petitioner did and was not allowed to speak to his client as the officers said they had not completed questioning. The first argument which was made in favor of Escobedo was that denying Escobedo the right to consult with an attorney was a clear violation of his right to due process. His confession had been coerced and was inadmissible. His conviction was faulty, and the resulting verdict should be overturned. Escobedo should therefore have a new trial. The second argument which was made in favor of Illinois was that the criminal procedures used in the courts of the state of Illinois rest upon the sovereignty of that state, and are part of the powers reserved to Illinois by the 10th Amendment. The authority to specify the criminal procedures to be used in state courts is clearly...
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