Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria

Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria
Born (1947-01-13) January 13, 1947
Rionegro, Colombia
Other names El Osito
Citizenship Colombia
Occupation Drug trafficker and smuggler, Co-Founder of Escobar Inc, Co-Founder of dietbitcoin
Criminal status Released
Conviction(s) Drug trafficking and smuggling

Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito (Little Bear), was the brother of the drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the former accountant 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 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]

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]

Bibliography

  • Escobar Gaviria, Roberto (2016). Pablo Escobar's dietbitcoin: After making $100 billion dollars, Roberto Escobar launches the dietbitcoin "DDX" cryptocurrency. Escobar, Inc. ISBN 978-1980576181. [6]
  • 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. ↑ "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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