Circa 1982, Colombia: By age twenty, PABLO ESCOBAR became more familiar with the drug and cocaine underworld. He was an apprentice to multi-millionaire Alvaro Prieto, who was a drug smuggler. By age 22, he was a millionaire himself. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was born in 1949 to a poor family in Rionegro, a village outside Medellin. Escobar is one of the most successful, violent and well-known criminals in Colombia's history, who become fabulously wealthy by controlling the cocaine trade to the United States.,Image: 629862472, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: * Colombia Rights OUT *, Model Release: no, Pictured: Escobar Pablo, Credit line: Profimedia