They could easily lose their pursuers in the surrounding forest, which was teeming with wildlife, such as armadillos, sloths and huge iridescent butterflies.įather Garcia called Pablo an unrepentant pornographer and demanded that he return to God’s path. The area was foggy in the evening and at dawn, which made a surprise raid from the air more difficult and provided a means for the occupants to slip away unnoticed if they needed to flee. The remaining option was the Municipal Rehabilitation Centre for Drug Addicts on property called La Catedral del Valle, stationed on a mountainous slope over the Honey Valley, 7,000 feet above sea level, which would give the guards and the occupants a bird’s-eye view of any threats. They often emerged traumatised and more inclined to take drugs. Young offenders and non-violent drug users were sent to Special Alternative Incarceration boot camps to have their rebellious attitudes demolished. The Reagan-Bush administration doubled the federal prison population. Students were encouraged to let the police know about their friends’ and families’ drug habits, so they could swiftly be incarcerated. In 1983, a program called Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) started in American schools. Inside were porcelain cats, crystal coffee tables, Chinese vases, a pool table, a white marble bathroom with gold plumbing fixtures and Italian toilet paper with prints of naked women on each sheet. Outside one of his mansions was a stone bridge over a man-made pond. The raids on Gacha’s property were just as impressive. Pablo was listed as one of the richest men in the world in Forbes Magazine, with a net worth of $3 billion. Despite all of the setbacks, the cocaine continued to flow. From living luxuriously, Pablo had become a wartime commander. In 1989, Forbes magazine listed Escobar as one of the richest people in the world, just two spots below Warren Buffett.
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