Other names El Osito Criminal status Released Nephew Sebastián Marroquín | Citizenship Colombia Niece Manuela Escobar | |
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Born January 13, 1947 (age 70) ( 1947-01-13 ) Rionegro, Colombia Occupation Drug trafficker and smuggler, Co-Founder of Escobar Inc Conviction(s) Drug trafficking and smuggling Siblings Pablo Escobar, Luz María Escobar, Argemiro Escobar Parents Abel de Jesús Escobar Echeverri, Hermilda de los Dolores Gaviria Berrío Grandparents Sara María Echeverri, Pablo Emilio Escobar, Roberto Gaviria, Inés Berrío Similar Pablo Escobar, Sebastián Marroquín, Gustavo Gaviria, Maria Victoria Henao, Carlos Lehder | ||
Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito, was the accountant of the Medellín Cartel, which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
For his part in the operations of the Medellin Cartel, he was imprisoned. He escaped with his brother in July 1992, but surrendered. 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.
In 2014 he founded Escobar Inc with Olof K. Gustafsson and Daniel D. Reitberg and registered Successor-In-Interest rights for his brother Pablo Escobar in California, United States. On July 1, 2016 he sent a letter to Netflix regarding Narcos TV-series demanding $1 billion in payment for unauthorized usage of content.