Biographies Chapters

We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.

Pablo Escobar has one major reason for becoming involved in Colombian politics: To make sure his country does not sign an extradition treaty with the...

In his efforts to protect his illegal enterprise from crumbling into legal problems, Pablo Escobar pays-off security guards.

Initially working for Alvaro Prieto, a contraband smuggler, Pablo Escobar becomes a drug smuggler and is a millionaire, from the illegal trade, by the...

Pablo Escobar's family views him, and his death, very differently from most people.

In hiding, after he escapes from confinement, Pablo Escobar is separated from the people he loves the most - his family.

Accumulating enormous sums of money, from illegal drug-trading, Pablo Escobar shares the wealth with poor people, making him a local hero.

When Colombia's Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, is murdered, Pablo Escobar gets the blame.

When Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán was murdered, the police suspected he was killed by (or on the orders of) Pablo Escobar.

At first Colombian authorities allow Pablo Escobar to have an easy life, at La Catedral (his place of "confinement"), but when Pablo hears rumors of a...

While earning his living from the illegal drug trade, Pablo Escobar was becoming a leader of Colombia's poor and downtrodden people.

The Colombians find Pablo Escobar in 1993, then kill him.

Under medical care, Vincent appears better and creates many brilliant works.

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