Pablo Escobar's route in Colombia

escobar-route

'Narcos', the series that Netflix premiered in the summer of 2015 about Pablo Escobar has once again awakened public interest in the controversial figure of the greatest drug lord of the late XNUMXth century.

Documentaries, series, books, souvenirs and even tourist routes strive to remember the leader of the Medellín Cartel. One of them is the Pablo Escobar Tour that invites you to visit the most emblematic places in the life of the trafficker in Colombia. However, this initiative is not welcomed by the Medellín authorities, who observe with amazement how tourists are offered a route through the cradle of drug trafficking in Colombia where, at times, the footprint of this controversial character is idealized.

Bogota,

The first stop on the Escobar route is the capital of Colombia. There you can take a tour of the historic center of the city to visit its historical-artistic heritage and then head to the Police Museum, where you can see the Harley Davidson with gold engravings and silver studs that the drug trafficker illegally brought into the country to give it to a cousin.

Image | National Police Museum of Bogotá

Image | National Police Museum of Bogotá

There are many other objects in Escobar's body such as the silver nine-millimeter pistol that he always kept on his left ankle, his beeper, his mobile phone (one of the first people to have one in the world) and a table with a secret compartment where he hid cash, guns and drugs. It is said that the capo ordered the assassination of the carpenters who made this type of furniture so that they would not betray him to the authorities.

Once in the Police Museum, it is also worth knowing a little more about this beautiful building from the 20s and in the French republican style that was declared a national historical heritage. It is recommended to go up to its terrace to enjoy the views of the Cathedral, the mountains that surround Bogotá, the Candelaria neighborhood or the Montserrat sanctuary.

After the visit to the museum, the march resumes discovering some of Escobar's properties in Bogotá and finally stops in front of the Congress of the Republic, where he held a chair as a representative of the House.

Hacienda Napoles

route-escobar-hacienda-napoles

Located in Puerto Triunfo, halfway between Bogotá and Medellín, is the eccentric Hacienda Napoles, where the drug trafficker lived for a good part of his golden years with his family.

He bought it in 1979 to make it a recreational place but also a meeting place for members of the Medellín Cartel, in order to plan the Colombian drug routes or eliminate the enemies of the leader.

Decades ago it had unique attractions such as a Jurassic park simulation, a bullring, a car collection room, and several swimming pools. However, of all the attractions of the Hacienda Napoles, the zoo that came to bring together 200 species of animals such as hippos, elephants, giraffes, ostriches and zebras, among others, stood out.

After the Colombian state confiscated the property from Pablo Escobar's family, it was remodeled and opened to all audiences. Thus, the farm's zoo remains open as well as several corners where the life and death of the drug trafficker are shown.

In addition, there is the possibility of staying to camp at the Hacienda Napoles and taking hiking or cycling routes through the hacienda to see the paths that Escobar used to escape from the authorities.

Medellin

escobar-medellin-route

This Colombian city was Pablo Escobar's center of operations. Here the visitor will be able to see the house where the drug lord was killed in December 1993 in the Los Olivos neighborhood., the Monaco building (where he lived a large part of his life), in addition to the Dallas building and others that belonged to him and that are part of the route. Some tours even make a stop in the Envigadeño neighborhood (a city near Medellín) that saw Escobar's family grow up.

In Medellín there is also the house-museum of the trafficker managed by his family as well as his grave in the Montesacro cemetery. where he is buried under a tombstone that reads 'Don Pablo' along with several family members and his bodyguard.

Pablo Escobar neighborhood

Image | Terra News

Image | Terra News

Officially known as Medellín Sin Tugurios, it is the neighborhood that Pablo Escobar created in an old Moravian garbage dump in the early 80s. in full campaign to become a congressman. The narco gave houses to the people who lived in the landfill and years after his death his figure is still very present here, in controversy and in memory because although the official name is Medellín Sin Tugurios, its inhabitants like to call it Pablo neighborhood Escobar, with the premise that 'history should not be denied' however controversial it may be.


Be the first to comment

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with *

*

*