Pablo Escobar & The Medellín Cartel · 26 Aug 2026 · 12 min

Cocaine, Power & Plata o Plomo: The Making of a Cartel King

Pablo Escobar began by stealing tombstones and ended by earning $70 million a day — this is where the real story starts. Episode 1 traces the making of the Medellín Cartel from Rionegro to the cocaine pipeline that held Colombia hostage.

Pablo Escobar & The Medellín Cartel
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Cocaine, Power & Plata o Plomo: The Making of a Cartel King

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A Boy from Rionegro

At his peak, Pablo Escobar earned seventy million dollars a day. Not a year.

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