Legendary drug lord pablo escobar lost 2 1 billion in cash each year and it didn t matter.
Pablo escobar elastic bands.
Legendary drug lord pablo escobar lost 2 1 billion in cash each year to hungry rats.
And he expensed 2 500 on rubber bands each month.
The cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills.
The profits were astronomical at.
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.
How do we know pablo escobar spent 2500 a month on rubber bands.
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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.
We ve heard a lot of pablo escobar recently.
You should see his rubber band budget.
Raised in the nearby city of medellín escobar is thought to have begun his criminal.
We know that pablo escobar spent so much on ribber bands thanks to his brother roberto.
In the book the accountant s story.
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During its heyday pablo escobar s drug cartel spent 2 500 per month on rubber bands for bricks of cash.
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Despite his humble origins pablo escobar became the leader of the medellín cartel which was responsible for 80 of the global cocaine market.
Here s how much pablo escobar spent on elastic bands each month.
Inside the violent world of the medellín cartel pablo s brother roberto indicated that he and his brother s operation spent 1000 per week purchasing rubber bands which were used to to wrap the stacks of cash think about how cheap rubber bands are and the fact that they used 4 000 a month to purchase means they had a lot of money.