Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint -
many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is
irrefutable - legend.
For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose
greatness lay not in his crimes, but in his charity - for the
Colombian rich he was just a bloodthirsty gangster, a Bogie Man
used to scare children in their beds - for the rest of the world
flush with his imported cocaine, he was public enemy number one.
During his reign as the world's most notorious outlaw, he ordered
the murder of thousands - at one point even bombing a passenger
jet - smuggled drugs into the US in mini-submarines inspired by
Bond films, was elected to parliament, staged midnight escapes
through the jungle from whole army battalions, built his own
prison, consorted with presidents, controlled an estimated
fortune of over $20 billion.