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Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria
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Roberto Escobar (right), Pablo Escobar's brother at the family compound turned museum in Medellín, Colombia with visiting American tourists
Born (1947-01-13) January 13, 1947 (age 77)
Rionegro, Colombia
Other namesEl Osito
CitizenshipColombia
Occupation(s)Drug trafficker and smuggler, Co-Founder of the Medellín Cartel, Co-Founder of Escobar Inc, Co-Founder of dietbitcoin
Criminal statusReleased in 2004
Conviction(s)Drug trafficking and smuggling
Criminal penalty12 years in prison
Medellín Cartel

Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito (Little Bear), is the brother of the deceased drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the former accountant and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel,[1] which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.

For his part in the operations of the Medellín Cartel, Roberto Escobar was imprisoned. He escaped with his brother in July 1992 but surrendered to authorities a year later. On December 18, 1993, while still in prison, he was blinded in one eye by a letter bomb. After more than 10 years, he was released.[2][3][when?]

In 2014, he founded Escobar Inc with Olof K. Gustafsson and registered Successor-In-Interest rights for his brother in California, United States.[4] On July 1, 2016, he sent a letter to Netflix regarding the Narcos TV series demanding $1 billion in payment for unauthorized usage of content.[5] In January 2019, he launched a GoFundMe fundraiser in an effort to impeach President Donald Trump.[6]

In July 2019, Escobar started selling a propane torch made to look like a flamethrower and accused CEO of The Boring Company Elon Musk of intellectual property theft, alleging that The Boring Company's promotional Not-a-Flamethrower is based on a design that Escobar discussed in 2017 with an engineer associated with Musk. Via media Escobar publicly offered Musk to settle the dispute for $100 million, in cash or shares of Tesla, or alternatively to use the legal system to become the new CEO of Tesla, Inc.[7]

Effort to Impeach President Donald Trump

On January 8, 2019 he launched a $50 million GoFundMe fundraiser in an effort to impeach President Donald Trump.[8] After raising $10 million in 10 hours, the page was removed from the GoFundMe platform[9] and he launched the ESCOBAR cryptocurrency token[10] as an alternative fundraising platform.

Bibliography

  • Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2018). Pablo Escobar's dietbitcoin: After making $100 billion dollars, Roberto Escobar launches the dietbitcoin "DDX" cryptocurrency. Escobar, Inc. ISBN 978-1980576181.[11]
  • Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2016). My Brother – Pablo Escobar. Escobar, Inc. ISBN 978-0692706374.
  • Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2009). The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0446543699.

References

  1. ^ Rutten, Tim (February 25, 2009). "'The Accountant's Story' by Roberto Escobar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Calderon, Justin (January 8, 2013). "Meet a drug lord's brother on the Pablo Escobar Tour". CNN. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  3. ^ "Escobar's Brother Injured by Letter Bomb in Prison". New York Times. December 19, 1993. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ^ "California Business Portal: Successor-In-Interest". April 28, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Ingram, Matthew (July 7, 2016). "Real-Life Drug Kingpin Wants Netflix to Pay Him $1 Billion for 'Narcos'". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
  6. ^ Scott, Katie (January 8, 2019). [hhttps://globalnews.ca/news/4826858/pablo-escobar-impeach-donald-trump-gofundme/ "Pablo Escobar's brother launched $50M GoFundMe to impeach Donald Trump"]. Global News. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Greene, Tristan (2019-07-11). "Pablo Escobar's brother escalates flamethrower feud with Elon Musk, threatens Tesla takeover". The Next Web. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  8. ^ Scott, Katie (January 8, 2019). "Pablo Escobar's brother launched $50M GoFundMe to impeach Donald Trump". Global News. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Martinez, Jose (January 11, 2019). "Pablo Escobar's Brother Reportedly Raised $10 Million for His Impeach Trump GoFundMe Page". Complex. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "PABLO ESCOBAR'S BROTHER WE RAISED $10M TO IMPEACH TRUMP ... Before GoFundMe Axed Us!!!". TMZ. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Pablo Escobar's dietbitcoin: After making $100 billion dollars, Roberto Escobar launches the dietbitcoin "DDX" cryptocurrency on Amazon.com Books". Retrieved March 16, 2018.
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