The search bloc a colombian task force made up of colombian national police that was dedicated to locating and taking down escobar had been looking for the drug lord for 16 months ever since he had escaped from la catedral prison.
Pablo escobar roof death.
75 year old beto renteria once led the feared norte del valle mob that was notorious for shipping drugs and contraband worth billions of dollars to the us the sun reported.
On december 2 1993 pablo escobar was shot in the head as he attempted to flee across the rooftops of the barrio los olivos in his hometown of medellín where he had been hiding out.
Sixteen months after his escape from la catedral pablo escobar died in a shootout on 2 december 1993 amid another of his attempts to elude the search bloc.
The colombian assault team made entry into escobar s safe house chased him up the stairs and shot him as he tried to flee across the roof.
A retired colombian cartel boss who rose to power after the death of pablo escobar has been assassinated by hitmen.
A retired colombian cartel boss who rose to power following the death of pablo escobar has reportedly been assassinated by a rival gang.
Rumors about escobar s death continue to this day.
Plata o plomo how pablo escobar died a colombian electronic surveillance team used radio trilateration technology to track his radiotelephone transmissions and found him hiding in los olivos a middle class barrio in medellín.
On realizing that his location was compromised pablo and a bodyguard tried to escape through the roof but were shot by a hail of gunfire.
A bullet went through escobar s right ear and he was killed on the spot.
Alternative accounts of escobar s death.