Escobar s earnings peaked at an estimated 30 billion dollars.
Escobar elastic bands.
Mental floss has a interesting profile of the drug lord.
According to roberto escobar the medellín cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
We know that pablo escobar spent so much on ribber bands thanks to his brother roberto.
Inside the violent world of the medellín cartel he writes that the they spent an estimated 2 500 every month on rubber bands.
According to roberto escobar the cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
At the height of his power.
The profits were astronomical at.
Pablo emilio escobar gaviria was born on 1 december 1949 in rionegro in the antioquia department of colombia he was the third of seven children of the farmer abel de jesús dari escobar echeverri 1910 2001 with his wife hilda de los dolores gaviria berrío d.
According to roberto escobar the medellín cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
Raised in the nearby city of medellín escobar is thought to have begun his criminal.
Escobar spent around 2 500 a month on rubber bands used to hold his money.
Here s how much pablo escobar spent on elastic bands each month.
Thus every month pablo would spend more than 2 500 on rubber bands alone just to hold his paper bills.
Inside the violent.
Definitely one for novel pablo escobar facts.
2006 an elementary school teacher.
Escobar bought a lot of rubber bands to organize his money.
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Roberto was escobar s accountant and can recall that about 15 tons of cocaine worth about half a billion dollars was being smuggled into the us every day.
During its heyday pablo escobar s drug cartel spent 2 500 per month on rubber bands for bricks of cash.
Since pablo escobar couldn t deposit all his money into banks he would use lots of rubber bands to keep his cash intact.
He started from nothing and in as little as a couple decades became one of the most powerful men in the world.