Pablo Escobar, worth an estimated $3 billion in 1989, had his own prison built, with a waterfall and a football pitch. in 1993 police traced a phone call that ran past two minutes, and he died in a shootout on a rooftop in Medellín.
Forbes first listed him among the world’s billionaires in 1987, and in 1989 estimated his wealth at about $3 billion. one estimate put the Medellín cartel’s income at around $420 million a week.
his brother Roberto, who kept the books, said the cartel spent about $2,500 a month on rubber bands and wrote off roughly 10% of the cash every year to rats and water damage. his son Sebastián said Pablo once burned about $2 million to keep his daughter Manuela warm while the family hid in the mountains.
in 1991 he surrendered under a deal of five years at most and no extradition to the United States. the prison, La Catedral, was built to his own specifications. it had a football pitch, a jacuzzi, a bar, a waterfall and a telescope pointed at his family’s home in Medellín.
in July 1992, after reports that he had four of his own men killed inside, the government ordered him moved to an ordinary prison. he refused and walked out through a section of wall built to be kicked open. then came about 16 months on the run, hunted by a 600 man unit called the Search Bloc. by the end he reportedly had no men and no money.
he kept in touch with his family by phone, pretending to be a journalist and keeping every call under two minutes. on December 2, 1993, a day after his 44th birthday, one call ran longer. police traced it to a house in Medellín and tried to arrest him. a gunfight broke out, and he died on the roof. how exactly he died is still disputed, and his family says he shot himself.
five years in a prison built to his own design: a deal or a joke?
Haiman Commissioners !!
I hear sounds of chains, is our Browny restrained since he allegedly tried to pull Ananias Mathe on us?
#BrownMogotsi#MadlangaCommission
Court Shown Reaction Inside Wish Restaurant During Shooting
The Durban High Court was shown footage capturing the reaction inside Wish restaurant when rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, were shot and killed outside the restaurant in February 2023.
Accused number five, Mhlaliseni Ndimande, was allegedly inside Wish restaurant when AKA and Tibz were shot and killed, having been there for several hours before the shooting.
SAPS is showing off about their investigative capabilities and expertise with this case
I am really impressed, not that i ever doubted the man in blue.
Any incompetence, lost docket and botched case it's always intentional and a lack of priorities and urgency.
#AKA #MadlangaCommission
I think MacG has properly analysed the Ekurhuleni situation.
Kagiso Lerutla is educated and genuinely a nice guy. His problem and downfall, he allegedly betrayed his BEST FRIEND and colluded with politicians to get rid of a Whistleblower.
A whistleblower who knows ALL HIS SECRETS.