Who is the biggest narco of all time?

Pablo Escobar, in full Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, (born December 1, 1949, Rionegro, Colombia—died December 2, 1993, Medellín), Colombian criminal who, as head of the Medellín cartel, was arguably the world's most powerful drug trafficker in the 1980s and early '90s.
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Who is the biggest drug lord all time?

1. Pablo Escobar – Net Worth: $30 Billion. Pablo Escobar is easily the most notorious and richest drug lord that ever lived. He was the focal member and founder of the Medellin Cartel, and was one of the wealthiest criminals in history.
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Who is the most powerful cartel?

It's the Sinaloa Cartel. An organisation that despite the arrests and murders of its main leaders, is still in force and is perhaps the most powerful criminal structure in the underworld.
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Who was the richest narco?

Colombian drug baron Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria became the richest criminal of all time and one of the planet's wealthiest men via the production and distribution of drugs.
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Is El Chapo still rich?

El Chapo Net Worth is $3 Billion (Forbes 2022) Highest Wealth Assets.
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Who took over for El Chapo?

When Chapo was arrested in a 2016 firefight, Mayo was the man who assumed leadership. At the time, U.S. officials were offering only a $5 million reward for El Chapo and to this day, will pay only $10 million for rival New Generation cartel boss El Mencho.
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Who is the biggest drug lord 2021?

As of 2021, the Sinaloa Cartel remains Mexico's most dominant drug cartel. After the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the cartel is now headed by Ismael Zambada García (aka El Mayo) and Guzmán's sons, Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, Ovidio Guzmán López and Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar.
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How much is El Chapo worth?

His drug empire made Guzmán a billionaire, and he was ranked the 10th richest man in Mexico and 1,140th in the world in 2011, with a net worth of roughly US$1 billion. To assist his drug trafficking, the Sinaloa Cartel also built a shipping and transport empire.
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Did Pablo Escobar Meet El Chapo?

Chapo started to come up in the late 1990s. Pablo never met Chapo. Pablo's contacts in Mexico in the '80s —we had great evidence, we had fax intercepts —were people like Amado Carrillo Fuentes, [known as] El Señor de Los Cielos. But Pablo never met with Chapo.
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Who is the most evil drug lord?

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

Guzman is the most notorious drug lord of all time, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the 1980s he was a member of the Guadalajara Cartel and used to work for Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
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Who is the drug king?

More than two decades after his death, Pablo Escobar remains as well known as he was during his heyday as the head of the Medellín drug cartel. His fixture in popular culture is largely thanks to countless books, movies, and songs.
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Who found Pablo Escobar money?

A nephew of drug lord Pablo Escobar's said he has found $25 million in cash hidden in the wall of one of the infamous criminal's homes. Nicolas Escobar claimed a "vision" told him precisely where to search for the money inside the apartment in Medellin, Colombia, where he now lives in, according to reports.
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Where is Escobar's money?

A nephew of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has said he found a plastic bag with money worth $18m (£14m) hidden in the wall of one of his uncle's houses.
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Who is the richest drug dealer ever?

1. Pablo Escobar: $30 Billion – Topping the list of the richest drug lords. The notorious narcoterrorist and drug lord from Colombia was born Pablo Emilion Escobar Gaviria. He was the leader of a cartel known to have smuggled 80% of the cocaine in the United States.
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Who is the most wanted drug lord now?

Most Wanted Fugitives
  • Yulan Andony Archaga Carias. ...
  • Chuen Yip. ...
  • Rafael Caro-Quintero. ...
  • Ismael Zambada Garcia. ...
  • Kenny Jing Ang Chen. ...
  • Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes. ...
  • Julio Alex Diaz. ...
  • Rommel Pascua Cipriano.
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What cartel did Pablo Escobar run?

Pablo Escobar, in full Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, (born December 1, 1949, Rionegro, Colombia—died December 2, 1993, Medellín), Colombian criminal who, as head of the Medellín cartel, was arguably the world's most powerful drug trafficker in the 1980s and early '90s.
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Is Escobar's money still buried?

At one time the most wanted man on the planet, the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar buried huge amounts of his estimated $50 billion fortune all over Colombia. The vast majority of this money has never been recovered.
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Where is Escobar family now?

The Aftermath Of Pablo Escobar's Death

As Colombian police stormed Medellín and rounded up Escobar's cartel, Maria Victoria Henao and her two children packed up their lives and fled. After Germany and Mozambique denied them asylum, the family eventually settled in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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How much is Pablo Escobar's family worth?

Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $64 billion as of 2021—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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How bad was Pablo Escobar?

Escobar was responsible for killing about 4,000 people, including an estimated 200 judges and 1,000 police, journalists, and government officials. In the 1980s, Escobar's Medellin cartel was responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine that was sent to the United States.
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How much did Pablo Escobar burn?

Escobar decided to burn $2 million in cash to keep his family warm. According to the interview, the paranoid cocaine baron had his family blindfolded and relocated every 48 hours between 15 different hideaways throughout Medellín because he didn't want them to know where they were.
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