The Memory of Pablo Escobar

Thestoryof'therichestandmostviolentgangsterinhistory'istoldhereinhundredsofphotographsgatheredbyphotographerJamesMollison.PabloEscobar,theheadoftheMedellinCartel,wasresponsibleforsupplying80percentoftheworld'scocaineduringthe1980s.InanattempttoavoidextraditiontotheUSA,hedeclaredwarontheColombianstateandthousandsdiedasaresult.Heonlysurrenderedonconditionthathecouldbehousedinhisownprivatejail.Escapingayearlater,hewasrelentlesslypursuedbytheColombianpolicewiththesupportofAmerica'sDEAuntilhewasshotandkilledin1993.Thisvisualbiographyincludes350photographsanddocuments,mostpreviouslyunpublished,includingEscobarfamilyphotographs,policerecordphotographs,snapshotsbytheDEAofficerassignedtotrackEscobardown,andthearchiveofthecolonelwhoseteameventuallyshotandkilledhim.ItincludesMollison'sownphotographsaddressingtheEscobarlegacy-photographsofhisproperties(includingtheremnantsofhisprivatezoo),houseshegavetothepoorandhisfleetofjets.Thebook'sextensiveandrevealingtextdrawsonover100newinterviewswithfamilymembers,MedellinCartelassociates,Colombianpoliceandjudges,andsurvivorsofEscobar'skillingsprees.