Pablo Escobar wasn’t just a drug lord, he was a kingpin who built a multibillion-dollar empire, flooding the U.S. with cocaine in the 1980s.

As leader of the Medellín Cartel, he used extreme violence, bribery, and even political influence to stay on top, ordering bombings and assassinations that shook Colombia.

. In 1993, after years on the run, he was finally tracked down and killed. But his legacy of crime, power, and chaos still haunts Colombia.