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Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero (25 December 1946 – 11 August 1990) was a Colombian drug trafficker. As Pablo Escobar's cousin and right-hand man, Gaviria controlled the Medellín cartel's finances and trade routes. He and Escobar had collaborated in their criminal careers since the early 1970s.
- The Family Ties Between Gustavo Gaviria and Pablo Escobar
- A Life of Crime and Cocaine
- The Downfall of Pablo Escobar’s Cousin, Gustavo Gaviria
Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero was born on December 25, 1946. Almost exactly three years later, his cousin Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviriawas born on December 1, 1949. The boys grew up close in the Colombian town of Envigado. According to Mark Bowden, author of Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw, both Gustavo Gaviria and Pablo Es...
By the 1980s, demand for cocaine in the United States had skyrocketed. In Colombia, Gustavo Gaviria and Pablo Escobar were prepared to meet it. Escobar had already sensed an opportunity in the early 1970s, when the cocaine market moved north from Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. He began smuggling coca paste into Colombia, where he had it refined, the...
By the 1990s, the Medellín Cartel and the Colombian government were in open war. Pablo Escobar had tried to create an aura of legitimacy around himself and his business. He became a Colombian “Robin Hood” and built schools, a soccer stadium, and housing for the poor. In 1982, he was elected to the Colombian parliament and held dreams of running for...
Jan 25, 2024 · Colombian drug lord Gustavo Gaviria’s life came to a tragic end on August 12, 1990. Gaviria, the cousin of notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, played a significant role in the Medellin Cartel’s illegal operations.
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Mar 24, 2006 · Learn about Gustavo Escobar, a film and television actor who starred in Peppermint and Instant Family. Find out his age, birth sign, family, trivia and more.
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Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero (Pereira, 25 de diciembre de 1946 - Medellín, 11 de agosto de 1990), alias de El León, [1] [2] fue un narcotraficante colombiano, miembro del Cartel de Medellín. Era el segundo al mando y encargado de las finanzas de la organización delictiva, además de lugarteniente de su primo Pablo Escobar .
Gustavo Escobar. Actor: The Fabelmans. Gustavo Escobar (Formerly known as Gustavo Quiroz) has been acting since the age of four when he made his film debut in an independent film called Sunlight Jr., in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Escobar's main partner in the organization was his cousin Gustavo Gaviria, who handled much of the cartel's shipping arrangements and the more general and detailed logistical aspects of the cocaine trafficking routes and international smuggling networks, which were supplying at least 80% of the world's cocaine during its peak. [6]
