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The Documentary: The Cult of Pablo Escobar

The Documentary: The Cult of Pablo Escobar: The Cult of Pablo Escobar

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02/12/2014 GMT

The Cult of Pablo Escobar

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The legacy of Pablo Escobar and how his story resonates in his home city of Medellin

The legacy of Pablo Escobar and how the story of the drug baron resonates in his home city of Medellin.

Linda Pressly explores the impact of Colombia's most notorious drug baron, Pablo Escobar, who was killed in a hail of bullets in 1993.   Two decades after his death, he still looms large in the Colombian psyche.  In some quarters, there is an ambivalence towards this ruthless killer, an admiration for the man who made an estimated US $20 billion and built homes for the poor. But many reject the Robin Hood image, and see his legacy as deeply corrosive.  Linda Pressly meets victims, a cartel-insider, and Pablo Escobar’s sister as she finds out how the story of this most notorious drug-runner, torturer and murderer still resonates in his home city of Medellin.

(Photo: A student boy holds an album with the image of deceased Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Credit: Raul Arboleda/AFP/GettyImages)

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Linda Pressly explores the legacy of Pablo Escobar and how the story of the drug baron resonates in popular culture in Colombia.

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