Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria
| Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria | |||
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| Born |
January 13, 1947 Rionegro, Colombia | ||
| Other names | El Osito | ||
| Citizenship | Colombia | ||
| Occupation | Drug trafficker and smuggler, Co-Founder of Escobar Inc | ||
| Criminal status | Released | ||
| Conviction(s) | Drug trafficking and smuggling | ||
| Medellín Cartel |
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Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito, was the accountant of the Medellín Cartel,[1] which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
For his part in the operations of the Medellin Cartel, he was imprisoned. He escaped with his brother in July 1992, but surrendered. On December 18, 1993, while still in prison, he was blinded in one eye by a letter bomb. After more than 10 years, he was released.[2][3]
In 2014 he founded Escobar Inc and registered Successor-In-Interest rights for his brother Pablo Escobar in California, United States.[4] On July 1, 2016 he sent a letter to Netflix regarding Narcos TV-series demanding $1 billion in payment for unauthorized usage of content.[5]
Bibliography
- Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2016). My Brother - Pablo Escobar. Escobar, Inc. ISBN 978-0692706374.
- Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2009). The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0446543699.
References
- ↑ Tim Rutten (February 25, 2009). "'The Accountant's Story' by Roberto Escobar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ Calderon, Justin (January 8, 2013). "Meet a drug lord's brother on the Pablo Escobar Tour". CNN. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ↑ "Escobar's Brother Injured by Letter Bomb in Prison". New York Times. December 19, 1993. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ↑ "California Business Portal: Successor-In-Interest". April 28, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ↑ Matthew Ingram (July 7, 2016). "Real-Life Drug Kingpin Wants Netflix to Pay Him $1 Billion for 'Narcos'". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2016.