Narcotours: Netflix fans uncover the real life of Pablo Escobar
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- The Colombian city of Medellín has long been associated with drug lord Pablo Escobar, and with the popularity of Netflix's Narcos, a new influx of tourists are visiting the city to see where the infamous kingpin operated. The Guardian’s Iman Amrani speaks to the people whose lives were affected by Escobar, and with the city’s mayor who is trying to turn Medellín’s narrative away from its dark past
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To the Americans completely putting the blame on Pablo , REMEMBER - He supplied because you demanded it. There is no supply without demand. Period.
exactly
So if a kid demands food 24/7 and the mother supplies it and the kid grows up to be a 400 pound troglodyte, its not the moms fault in the slightest? Yeah I dont buy it buddy
@@Calilou52 thats not the same thing but k
There both in the wrong😂
@@Calilou52 at least apply a better analogy and then you will buy it.
I don't see the problem with being interested in a historical episode like Escobar. He was the Napoleon of drugs, to be interested doesn't mean an endorsement or desire to emulate.
@@ERWINGS Not the mention the portrayal of Pablo in the show was very sympathetic to him. I mean, I've never seen people unironically say "RIP Pablo Escobar" and quote the "plata o plomo" speech a lot since, ever because of that show.
Very well put
The Ochoa’s where bigger than Escobar
@@theobuniel9643 I completely disagree. The Netfix portrayal may seem sympathetic when seen through the eyes of a Colombian, because expensive cars and beautiful women are everything you need to attract a young Colombian malandro to work for the narcos. To a European or a Briton Escobar is the ultimate madman, the psycho, the ultimate criminal. We watch "Narcos" and need to pinch ourselves that this really happened, because it seems like a made-up Hollywood movie. The cars, the money and the women - they don't make Escobar seem cooler, it just makes the whole story more absurd and made-up. And yet it's (mostly) real.
In Europe you pay for your crimes, especially violent ones. No cars, no women, no riches are worth having, if shortly afterwards you'll be locked away until the day you die... And even the most hardened criminals know that. Sorry if this comes across as insensitive or as criticizing, I'm just trying to point out why the European/UK/US view on this might be different than yours.
ERWIN ELIECER GUEVARA SOLANO it is pretty accurate
You know you left legacy when people are still taking about you 25 years on
A real bad one
Like Adolf Hitler? He's badass than Pablo Gaybar
@@justintimbersaw3934 Did you just call Hitler badass?
Ay they talk about 2pac still
And its exactly what the country is trying to change. Pablo can be in history since he was a terrorist that killed thousands of innocent people including kids, writers, comedians. However, non-ignorant travelers realize that Colombia also has things like being the 2nd most bio diverse country in the world,the Amazon, the Andes, Salsa, Caribbean and beautiful small towns in the mountains. When I think of Germany I understand that Hitler is part of their past and even though I can learn about him, he doesn't define the country.
Pablo Escobar.
no matter what you people do, you can't erase this name ever.
No one should. We should remember terrorists and their evil deeds
give it time
at some point, no matter how far away, we all fade entirely
@@geraldanderson7939 I forgot to mention this # conditions apply 😀
@Hansen Says Take A Seat it's been like 30 years lmao
YOU ARE 100% CORRECT HERMANO..
HE WILL ALWAYS BE A HERO...
but when we hear about colombia the only thing that comes to my mind is pablo escobar
Shakira is more popular, but when I hear united stated I think 9/11 or alemania and the nazis.
saravana 123 Mm, when I hear about America, I mostly think about Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump.
@@bunnyclouds5415 but why are u saying this to me dude?
@@sebas300008 why are u saying this to me
saravana 123 Skfkskf i don't know. I decided to jump into the train of what you think of when you hear the name of a country.
Medellin is now famous around the world all thanks to Pablo Escobar.Nothing can change that whether people want to admit it or not.Its true
Are you planning to visit Medellin anytime soon?
Hey are u a Bengali??
Is it that obvious
s?@@subhashishbagchi3191
@@Nozthedon1 no I am just asking
@@subhashishbagchi3191 I think you are Bengali
Pablo Escobar is still bigger than Shakira and James Rodriguez!
Wat about gabo.. Marquez
and Gabriel Garcia M
But not lele pons
Who tf is James Rodriguez
In a way , ...... He is but you can't compare Shakira belly dance to our lovely Pablo .....
The government took money from him while he was a life now Government still make money from his name. He made World history
Some people say hate him or love him but you can never forget him he is the history of Columbia
Maybe for foreigners
Colombia
that's why I appreciate colombia they had a bad past but today their culture has changed and elevated with music and people.
Yea who delivers the cocaine in europe tho ? I dont think it grows on antartica ... lmao censor as much as yall want it wont change what happened and whats happening
Driver keep diss escobar while escobar he is reason for his tour company
lollll
People focus too much on individuals and don't give enough importance to the social-economical environment that shapes those individuals. Pablo was a product of a very unequal society where opportunities for upward mobility were very limited. He started out smuggling potatoes into Columbia from neighboring countries, that tells you something about the economy of the country at the time. He became the first Colombian billionaire and appeared on the Forbes Richest list, in a country where the only way to get rich at the time, was to be born rich. Ambitious and ruthless individuals exist in every country, they can become tech billionaires or cartel leader, depending on the opportunities a country offers.
I always say the only difference between successful crime bosses and CEO's is upbringing
@@davyroger3773If a worker at Walmart steals from the company the CEO doesn't amputate him.
@@nomad-81-25 Its all about context. If i run a crime operation and show mercy to a thief it signals to others that i am weak and am ready to be exploited. A ceo can go to the police and a crime boss can not.
Yeah cause Escobar is just the same as a tech billionaire. Jesus Christ! People.
@@davyroger3773Which is my point that drug leaders are sadistic scum that make ceos look like saints.
Wonder how many tourists low key travel there just to try the quality of the local produce 😂😂😂
the "produce" hey? - lol
Actually, I've always wanted to visit there and 'try' some out
A lot, i live in Bogota the capital and before covids there were thousands coming, we even had to create some new laws for foreigners because it became common to see coked up europeans looking for trouble on the streets, some even ended up homeless here and couldnt go back to their countries.
@@waNErBOY that is so depressing, all this because they want to try your top shelf coke?
Colombia is Pablo Eskobar, Medellin is Pablo Eskobar! Everybody why want's to go to Colombia or Medellin, is because of Pablo Eskobar! 💪
shut up
Your right Frau
He killed thousands of innocent
2:59 They really think that tourists would come from all over the world to see flower fair.....
Yes, actually. A lot of flowers are only seen in Colombia. Or in those areas of South America.
@@floridaman9417 no offense to your flowers but visiting the home of the biggest drug lord in history sounds way more exciting than rare flowers
@@ayushkhadka7323 I agree. we shouldn't try to erase him because we can't. We just don't want people to go straight to him when they think of Colombia
they do
@@ayushkhadka7323 yeah to nasty coke heads and dirty foreigners looking for drugs. Go outside in your nearest city you’ll see more drugs than we do in Colombia.
I love how youtube recommendeded me this video 5 minutes after I finished season 2 of narcos
9:14 just putting this here cause man that sound and drone shot is beautiful 😍
Colombia is famous because Pablo Escobar.
Columbia is famous for cocaine
The Kids Nice produced by Escobar
@@BostonsF1nest well i was in charge of 80% cocaine in the world so...
@@BostonsF1nest no its not, but Colombia is famous for coffee, cocaine, and pretty women. Columbia is famous for corrupt politicians.
And its exactly what the country is trying to change. Pablo can be in history since he was a terrorist that killed thousands of innocent people including kids, writers, comedians. However, non-ignorant travelers realize that Colombia also has things like being the 2nd most bio diverse country in the world,the Amazon, the Andes, Salsa, Caribbean and beautiful small towns in the mountains. When I think of Germany I understand that Hitler is part of their past and even though I can learn about him, he doesn't define the country.
30 billion dollars at 44 years in 1980's,no words.
why the police officer acting like he knew him, that building he did live on the penthouse but his body guards and their families lived below him
This guy should know it's not about him it's am here coz of Escobar
Even I!
That’s why he say I’m makin money off your name... that’s kold standing at his grave on camera sayin that
Ski Nin3thr33 fr
😂😂 nice comment
escobar is in the history books of colombia...its famous bcoz of escobar
One thing some foreigners don't understand about us is that we are not complaining about Pablo's story.
We criticize the way you glorify him like a badass Hero.
That's different.
He is badass, may not be a hero to all but he has his legacy.
It’s not just foreigners some locals loved him and still glorify him. 🥴
Hate him or love him but he can't be removed from history
Now Mexico is like Colombia back then, Drug Cartels all over 🤦🏿♂️
No bro, mexico still the same or maybe worse.
Colombia was less violent... way less... Cali was a safe place during the Cartel of Cali... I know I am from Cali who lived in that era
He took on state of Columbia and America at the same time, no one can do that no one. Eg our own dawood ran away after doing blasts, before blasts he had policemen, and ncp, INC, and shiv sena on his payroll, policemen got medals for killing his competition.
The cocaine industry will never stop
@RACHAPPA BIRADAR ur goverment helped Pablo smuggle tons more in the us
Escobar did not come from a poor background. They weren’t rich but his parents were ordinary middle class, he went to a paying school and went to university but dropped out.
Fainites Barley so what? Many of us come from middle class family but we don’t earn 200 million dollar a week. 🤷🏼♂️
Aakash Shrestha pablo earned around 420 million a week
@@aceshrestha4401 hahah
He really said Ospina but not Falcao
Ospina is from Medellin, so they love him there.
@@kieranduffy6760 He said Columbia it s Ospina not Medelin
@@Al3xandru07 *Colombia
Pablo win again
25 years and the people still remember him and visiting what he build
always winner
what a legend.
My recpct Don Pablo Escopar
ahmed alogaili what!! Why are you soo happy about! If one of your family members has a drug addiction, or if they were a victim of his crimes, you would be saying that those stupid comments
Nailea Reyna I like pablo when helped poor people i dont care about his job
@@ahmedalogaili2243 lo😂😂😂
@@ahmedalogaili2243 😂😂😂👏
@@ahmedalogaili2243 youre so stupid
Is it fair to say the ones to blame are the unhappy people in the States who consume drugs? It's a supply demand situation.
Daniel Herbruger the CIA is at fault 100%
You cant say that , without addiction there is no demand .when the drugs flooded cities people obviously became addicted.peoples lives were ruined by crack and regular cocaine, so without the initial supply their was no demand .
The ex cop/tour guide is probably salty because pablo is now dead and he aint getting money from his dead boss. Haha
Exactly
Pablo Escobar it's just not a name it's a BRAND!!!
His brother manages it.
Kgf 😂😂
I think u r an Indian 😜 gatchu 👋
Kgf
Could you imagine what it was like to live there during this time? The only thing I could relate to this was the time I spent in the military over seas and that was insane
Colombia! I'm in love with you! 💜💜 Loads of Love from India 🇮🇳✌🏻😊
Chal jate hai vamos amigo.
What did they do after pablo death.. Cocine is sold nowdays also😯😯
Cut down the highest exporter and maker of cocaine.
Los pep-es took over
The government take over. Noted.
sweetie you do know that theres still a strong mafia in colombia right it didnt just desappear after the fall of the medellin and cali cartel there are still plenty of narcos, although non like pablo
@@sofiamerchanmolano341 where are u from..Sofia💙
Soy de Medellín, saludos amigos.
"they broke my neck. But they made one mistake................... They didn't break it big enough!" Confessions of a hitman
Is important to learn the history in order to avoid repeating it.
I remember hearing of him in the late 80's living in fort lauderdale
Great short Iman.
8:40 my man is literally glowing
Legend.... He created a history .... U can't deny... If he was alive they don't have balls to talk rubbish about him
shut up
Apsalootly True
He frikin killed people. And u call him a legend.
Maddikera Praneeth he is 🙏🏾
@@praneeth6005Colombia govt/police, DEA, CIA and FBI were all on his payroll. Let's not act like he was the only bad guy. So blame everyone and not just pablo..
2:37 trevor
Trevor, the major of Medellin hahahahaha, what a crazy country
Smart Contents. Halo from Brunei.
That Taxi Driver needs to be thrown into the meat grinder
You cant break the Monaco building man, a lot of tourists wants to see it.
They did. It's gone.
So what?
That police women tho 😍
where
@@imnotsharingmyrealnameonth5601 6:25
Heat
Latinas eh
Pablo escobar might be the worst person to the Columbian Government before but Pablo always been a blessing to the people of Medellin even after his death.
The best thing in Colombia
🇨🇴 the chicas 😘😘😘😘 but nice video 👍🏻
I actually think about J Balvin when I think about Colombia
Shakira James rodriguez Maluma lil pump Sofía Vergara J Balvin Nicky jam
What's the song used at 3:18?
I first heard of Colombia when I saw their eccentric keeper do that scorpion kick against England
What were the music use for this video?
I knew nothing about Colombia 🇨🇴. Until Netflix introduced Pablo Escobar. 😜 🤣 👌
They don't teach you geography?
Nahu actually they did, but it wasn’t that interesting until we saw it on Netflix
You can take all my money, drugs, hitman & people but one thing you can not change is I am Pablo Emelio Escobar Gaviria😋
Iron man style
I visited Hacienda Napoles in 2011 and his other hacienda La Manuela in Guatapé and wow its huge especially Napoles. When you come into Napoles you're like oh wow there is nothing left, then you keep driving and out of the blue huge property comes into view. It's changed a lot since 2011 with now a prison within the property and some hotels so it doesnt have too much of a look like before.
I want to book a tour..
Keeping monuments of dark history is important. It gives a great forum for nations to educate both tourists and native citizens of the full story in a way where people can connect emotionally with the horrors that happened and the joy when it came to an end.
It is often a difficult thing to do but when it's done right, these scarring places can become places of healing. Being able to make a horrible thing work to the advantage of the city/country is a powerful tool.
This is why I don't agree with what the mayor is saying but I understand why he is doing it. Although he calls it predatory tourism, he should see it as an opportunity to educate tourists and show them the real Colombian and Medellín culture.
O S the problem is that the people giving those tours don’t always have the intention to educate about our horrible past but to contribute to the portrayal of Pablo Escobar as the ‘good guy’. I understand your point but I believe it is necessary to demolish the building to honor the victims and not the criminals.
Btw the building was demolished on Friday.
they never learn i wonder is that guy still alive since he took that building down
I was hoping they would have used naros op song in video.
What’s the song in the intro?
Awesome I promise when I am in Meddillin I will be on my best behavior, and I will be happy just to be there even if I leave people alone.
Thank you, so much.
@@flor5056 you are welcome.
Legend
Did my guy say Ospina 😂😂
How do I get ahold of that tour guy they showed you around
It’s a long way from done
I wonder if someone took Pablos place in medellin
Why is Pewd's old outro music here?😂
no one can erase historical..
1:10 he could die for saying that about Pablo
Died the day after saying this.
“Jbalvin? jajajajaja”
I want limon as my tour guide
Grande Vagner Moura
Mayor looks like Joaquin Phoenix
😕
It’s so funny how story always repeats itself , somehow people love scobar and visitors will always go to Colombia and think of him, just sad how he’s family suffered
I Love to hear the beautiful Latin Spanish Language that sounds incredibly stylish though I don't understand it but I would love to Learn it .. ❤❤
The woman asking the questions is so beautiful I would love to go on a date with her!!!
No pablo, no party. Sorry
Every man has a dark side and a bright side.. We should appreciate the bright side as much as we contempt the dark side.
Love Colombia 💗💗💗
When I think of Columbia, first thing that comes to my mind is pablo Escobar and James Rodriguez
Seems to me that the mayor and others should not be quite so opposed to these tours. Tourism is tourism and people who come to Medellín will love it. But their belief is that those guys crying "yay Colombian cocaine" broadly represent who takes the tours. And the tour guides are looked down on as former cartel people. This it's all seen as not contributing to the legit economy nor to the image they want to project of Medellín. It's a bit snooty and not really an issue. Medellin is booming and a beacon on progressive planning.
The tour guide hates him so much but makes a living off of escobar. What a hypocrite
Did you not watch the whole thing? He said it helps with coping what he experienced. It may seem weird, but if it works it works.
But on the bright side, Pablo built schools, hospitals(not sure) and helped the poorest of the poorest which the government never did till late 2000's
We don't have to always look on the dark side
He's a legend
But on the dark side he killed thousands of innocent people which government still never does
Apparently he was compelled to because of the government😂
Are you serious? The Narcos do this as hush money for the local government 🙄
💸 LEGEND never die 💸
What legend?
S Adil Pablo lol Pablo not me
@FBI
eri.B ALB legend!! Really !!! That’s a shame
lol the funny thing is he wouldnt say that in front of pablos faces if he was alive ahahahah
Yes, anyone with a brain wouldn’t.
Someone should make a meme out of that thumbnail
Long live
The people who support him now know he's still alive in hiding lol
@RACHAPPA Dude killed innocent people dfuq is wrong with you
*Tour guide: "Thank you very much, I'm making money under your name."*
Not her name but with mercyful of creator
9:15 song name?
The movie is awesome..
The Minister of the country reminds me of the ministers in the Nextflix series - handsome, well-dressed and very smart.
Before i watched narcos i thought about colombian coffee but ok
Little Pablo love 🌹
Still so many stash houses available
I will go colombia one day to see parblo escobar's history..
Carlos came to power with the help of the us gov... you left that small fact out
a friend of mine was almost robbed in Colombia plata o plomo
Pablo died with memories not with dreams. The society rejected his contribution because he was self-made man instead of being Son of corrupt politician. He fought for his survival so whatever he did I personally appreciate it instead of insulting him..