By the early 1970s, Pablo had gathered a group of loyal street hustlers, including his cousin Gustavo Gaviria, who would become the strategic brain behind his criminal machine. Pablo was not merely a thief; he possessed an uncanny ability to organize chaos and read human desires.
2. The Birth of an Empire
In the mid-1970s, as global demand shifted from marijuana to cocaine, Pablo recognized an unprecedented economic opportunity. He began purchasing raw coca paste in Peru and Bolivia, flying it into hidden laboratories in the Colombian jungle, refining it into pure cocaine powder, and smuggling it north into North America.
Pablo Escobar As You Have Never Known Him
