Pablo Escobar Death
Pablo passed away on December 2, 1993 at the age of 44 in Medellin, Colombia. Pablo's cause of death was murder.
When did Pablo Escobar die?
December 2, 1993How did Pablo Escobar die? What was the cause of death?
MurderHow old was Pablo Escobar when died?
44Where did Pablo Escobar die? What was the location of death?
Medellin, Colombia
Pablo Escobar Birthday and Date of Death
Pablo Escobar was born on December 1, 1949 and died on December 2, 1993. Pablo was 44 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: December 1, 1949
Date of Death: December 2, 1993
Age at Death: 44
Pablo Escobar - Biography
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) was a notorious Colombian drug lord who, at the height of his career, supplied about 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. Often called "The King of Cocaine", he was the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US$30 billion by the early 1990s, and approximately US$100 billion when including money that was buried in different places throughout Colombia. He was also one of the top ten richest men in the world at his prime.
Sixteen months after his escape from La Catedral, Pablo Escobar died in a shootout on 2 December 1993, amid another of Escobar's attempts to elude the Search Bloc. A Colombian electronic surveillance team, led by Brigadier Hugo Martínez, used radio trilateration technology to track his radiotelephone transmissions and found him hiding in Los Olivos, a middle-class barrio in Medellín. With authorities closing in, a firefight with Escobar and his bodyguard, Álvaro de Jesús Agudelo (alias "El Limón"), ensued. The two fugitives attempted to escape by running across the roofs of adjoining houses to reach a back street, but both were shot and killed by Colombian National Police. Escobar suffered gunshots to the leg and torso, and a fatal gunshot through the ear.
It has never been proven who actually fired the final shot into his ear, or determined whether this shot was made during the gunfight or as part of a possible execution, with wide speculation remaining regarding the subject. Some of Escobar's relatives believe that he had committed suicide. His two brothers, Roberto Escobar and Fernando Sánchez Arellano, believe that he shot himself through the ear. In a statement regarding the topic, the duo stated that Pablo "had committed suicide, he did not get killed. During all the years they went after him, he would say to me every day that if he was really cornered without a way out, he would 'shoot himself through the ear'."
