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.
Pablo escobar elastic bands.
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.
Legendary drug lord pablo escobar lost 2 1 billion in cash each year to hungry rats.
In the book the accountant s story.
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.
Mental floss has a interesting profile of the drug lord.
We know that pablo escobar spent so much on ribber bands thanks to his brother roberto.
2006 an elementary school teacher.
How do we know pablo escobar spent 2500 a month on rubber bands.
You should see his rubber band budget.
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.
During its heyday pablo escobar s drug cartel spent 2 500 per month on rubber bands for bricks of cash.
According to roberto escobar the medellín cartel spent an estimated 2 500 a month on rubber bands needed to hold stacks of bills together.
Raised in the nearby city of medellín escobar is thought to have begun his criminal.
The profits were astronomical at.
Pablo s brother roberto once claimed that the cartel was spending an upwards of 2 500 every month just on rubber bands to keep their money together.
Legendary drug lord pablo escobar lost 2 1 billion in cash each year and it didn t matter.
Last updated 9 56 am thursday september 22 2016 gmt 1.