The memory of pablo escobar
Series of found photographs story of the richest and most violent gangster in history | Synopsis
Pablo’s first communion photo, 1956
Pablo and his wife, Victoria Henao, early 1980s. Files from El Espectadors archives
Pablo at the opening of a football pitch, he had paid for, c.1982 Ivan Restrepo’s photographs
Early methods used by cocaine ‘mules’. Photographs taken by anti-narcotics police at Bogotá airport.
Pablo paid US$5 million for the animals for his country estate, Hacienda Napoles. Photographs from El Chino’s archives
Pablo and his wife arrive at Hacienda Napoles on his Learjet, 1982. Photographs from El Chino’s archives
Police organigram identifying those allegedly involved in Galan’s assassination. Part of El Espectadors archives
One of the 11,000 confiscated guns held by Medellin police
Police photo fits of possible disguises used by Pablo. General Hugo Martinez’s collection
Alberto Villamizar, politician. Pablo kidnapped his wife and sister in 1990. He helped secure Pablo’s surrender.
Pablo’s prison ‘cell’, equipped with office and kitchen. The Police Files.
One of Pablo’s classic cars blown-up by Los Pepes, now sits in Hacienda Napoles
The portable telephone Pablo was using when police traced his calls hours before his death on 2 December 1993.
Hermilda Gaviria de Escobar, photographed in her home in Medellin at the age of 88
Holes in the main building at Hacienda Napoles, January 2006. Treasure hunters continue to believe money is buried at Pablo’s former home
Pablo’s memory lives on in the homes of Barrio Pablo Escobar’s residents, January 2006
Dario Ramirez, Pablo’s chef
Jaime Gaviria, Cousin of Pablo, worked closely with him during his political career
Francesco Flores & Irene Gaviria, The first family to receive a house in Barrio Pablo Escobar