According to roberto escobar the medellín cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
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This is pathetic pablo s brother roberto once claimed that the cartel was spending an upwards of 2 500 every month just on rubber bands to keep their money together.
He started from nothing and in as little as a couple decades became one of the most powerful men in the world.
Inside the violent.
Pablo emilio escobar gaviria was born on 1 december 1949 in rionegro in the antioquia department of colombia he was the third of seven children of the farmer abel de jesús dari escobar echeverri 1910 2001 with his wife hilda de los dolores gaviria berrío d.
Inside the violent world of the medellín cartel he writes that the they spent an estimated 2 500 every month on rubber bands.
Escobar eclipses just about every drug kingpin in history.
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Raised in the nearby city of medellín escobar is thought to have begun his criminal.
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Roberto was escobar s accountant and can recall that about 15 tons of cocaine worth about half a billion dollars was being smuggled into the us every day.
According to roberto escobar the cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
Escobar bought a lot of rubber bands to organize his money.
Mental floss has a interesting profile of the drug lord.
Here s how much pablo escobar spent on elastic bands each month.
Since pablo escobar couldn t deposit all his money into banks he would use lots of rubber bands to keep his cash intact.
2006 an elementary school teacher.
Escobar spent around 2 500 a month on rubber bands used to hold his money.
At the height of his power.
How do we know pablo escobar spent 2500 a month on rubber bands.
According to roberto escobar the medellín cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
Thus every month pablo would spend more than 2 500 on rubber bands alone just to hold his paper bills.
The profits were astronomical at.