The Most Wanted Drug Lords

3. Pablo Escobar

When Medellin was the epicentre of all things drug related, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the king, sitting on a golden throne at the city’s highest peak. As head of the Medellin drug cartel, which assassinated at least 5,000 people and was responsible for 80% of cocaine shipments in the U.S., Escobar enjoyed his role as one of the most wanted drug lords in the world. In fact, before his death in 1993, Colombia’s number one drug trafficker had become the seventh richest man in the world, allowing him to enjoy a certain level of immunity.