Pablo Escobar Research Paper

Erkiz Matute Cruz

Mrs. Stubbs/4-A

Pablo Escobar & El Chapo Guzman “Born in 1949, Pablo Escobar the son of a teacher and a peasant, his life of crime started at a young age. He use to steal tombstones and sold them to smugglers. In 1970s he entered the cocaine trade. The cocaine trade made him one of the wealthiest, most powerful and most violent criminals in all times. Large amounts of coca paste were purchased in Bolivia and Peru, processed, and brought to the United States all under his operations. He was not alone he had others working with him from the Medellin Cartel, Escobar controlled 80% of all the drug trafficking announced to be one of the ten richest man on earth. His rise cost the lives of three Colombian presidential candidates,

Nicknamed "El Chapo," By his teens, Guzman had been kicked out of the family home and was forced to make his own way. Guzman founded his own cartel, known as Sinaloa, in 1989. Guzman created Part of the success stemmed from Sinaloa’s creative smuggling methods, most notably a series of air-conditioned tunnels that ran under the Mexican and U.S. border, trafficking cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. Guzman has escaped prison three times already, still being hunted by Mexican and American government. Recently on October 17, 2015 Guzman was reportedly injured on his face and leg when escaping a failed military manhunt to capture him in the mountains of northwest

With little schooling in his background, he eventually found himself following his father's path, growing marijuana for small amounts of cash.” Another victim of poverty, I am sure he would of done better if he would have had a better childhood because I now that in his situation any one would of made the same choices he made too, these two man where hated by many and judge for their actions but what we don’t realize is that they really did not had much choice. If we put ourselves in their shoes we wouldn’t be no better than they were because we wouldn’t had much of a choice to survive just like they did. In conclusion these two man have done many bad things as they lived but if we really think about it…. they did not have much of a