Pablo Escobar Research Paper

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To what extent did the criminal life of Pablo Escobar affect the life of the people of Colombia?

A: Plan of Investigation

The investigation will assess the impact that the life of Pablo Escobar had in the lives of the people of Colombia in the 20th century and its significance nowadays. It will analyze how and why Pablo Escobar was seen as the Robin Hood for the marginalized people of Colombia. Also, the investigation will analyze how Escobar used terror, bribery, death, and drugs to get what he wanted. It will also evaluate the extent of how the criminal life of Pablo Escobar changed Colombian government policies in terms with the drug trafficking.
The method of investigation used will involve research, the causes, and primarily the effects of Pablo Escobar’s life. He is well known world wide, so there are testimonies of people affected. The investigation will be evaluating facts from two different sources. The first source is “Mi Padre”, is a book written by Sebastian Marroquin, the son of Pablo Escobar, and he tells personal stories from him and how he was affected. The second source is also a book, from Alonso Salazar called “La parábola de Pablo, Auge y caída de un gran capo del narcotráfico”. Both of this sources are in Spanish, …show more content…

He also built schools and strongly supported the education for marginalized kids. He was seen as the Robin Hood among the poor people, but Pablo did all this acts with the intention of gaining power. People remember Pablo for his donations of creating an entire neighborhood called “Barrio Pablo Escobar”. He gave home to about 700 people and the community still remembers him still to this day. In 1982, Escobar was elected by the people as a deputy representative to the House of Representatives of Colombia’s Congress. His main dream was to become one day the President of

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