Pablo Escobar

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by @jfunez
2020-09-26T02:30:01+00:00
Law
Pablo Escobar: Money hidden in wall found in drug lord's house
A mug shot of Pablo Escobar taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellín in 1976.
A mug shot of Pablo Escobar taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellín in 1976. Credit: Colombian National Police (Public Domain)

A nephew of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar has said he found a plastic bag with money worth $18 million hidden in the wall of one of his uncle's houses in Las Palmas, Medellín.

At the peak of his career, Escobar was said to be the seventh richest person on the planet.