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Escobar souvenirs may be banned
Updated 01.32 | Published 01.27 share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Souvenir shops entirely dedicated to the Colombian drug lord Escobar may be banned. Archive image. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP/TT Souvenirs depicting…
Escobar CEO Olof K Gustafsson detained in Spain
The Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was the leader of the violent Medellín cartel, and during the 1980s and 1990s he controlled a large part of the cocaine trade. Today…
Colombia: hippopotamuses, the last legacy of Pablo Escobar
Standing on his boat, Alvaro Diaz scans the shore of the Island of Silence, at the confluence of the Rio Cocorna and the majestic Magdalena River. The fisherman spots tracks…
New Escobar virus shakes Android
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of banking malware on Android. Posing as McAfee antivirus, Escobar is able to steal Google Authenticator one-time codes. You will also be interested…
a wind of change is blowing in the “Pablo Escobar” district of Medellín
In Colombia, the authorities in Medellín want to change the image of the neighborhood named after the country’s most famous drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, 27 years after his death. Instead…