Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/pablo-escobar/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/pablo-escobar/ 144 144 John Leguizamo Is Playing Pablo Escobar in This Hulu Series https://remezcla.com/film/john-leguizamo-playing-pablo-escobar-hulu-series-dear-killer-nannies/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:14:21 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=482806 In a new series, John Leguizamo will step into the shoes of one of Colombia’s most controversial drug lords. The Colombian-American star inhabits the role of Pablo Escobar Gaviria in the trailer for the upcoming Dear Killer Nannies. Throughout his career in film, Leguizamo is known for starring in comedies like To Wong Foo, Thanks

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]]> John Leguizamo Pablo Credit: Hulu Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Could Be a Bigger Problem Than Expected https://remezcla.com/culture/pablo-escobar-cocaine-hippos-could-be-a-bigger-problem-colombia/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:08:07 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=342775 About half of Colombia’s “cocaine hippos” are getting a new home. No, this isn’t a sequel to the horror-comedy Cocaine Bear that just debuted at movie theaters. Instead, the “cocaine hippos” are a group of hippopotamuses living in Colombia whose descendants were once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. When Escobar died in 1993, the

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]]> colombia hippos Hippos are seen at the Hacienda Napoles theme park, once the private zoo of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar at his Napoles ranch, in Doradal, Antioquia department, Colombia on September 12, 2020. - Escobar bought four hippos from a zoo in California and flew them to his ranch in the early 1980s. Left to themselves on his Napoles Estate, they bred to become supposedly the biggest wild hippo herd outside Africa -- a local curiosity and a hazard. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images) 2 Chainz Expanding Restaurant Chain After Settling Lawsuit Filed by Pablo Escobar’s Family https://remezcla.com/food/2-chainz-expanding-restaurant-chain-after-settling-lawsuit-filed-pablo-escobar-family/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:28:07 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=329907 Rapper 2 Chainz is finally expanding his restaurant chain, Esco Restaurant and Tapas, after settling a 2020 lawsuit filed by the family of late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The Escobar family had sued 2 Chainz for $10 million in damages over intellectual property rights. The original name of the restaurant was Escobar Restaurant and

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]]> 2_Chainz_Culture ATLANTA, GA - FEBRUARY 07: 2 Chainz attends his Album release Party at Onyx Nightclub on February 7, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) Yes, We’re Still Talking About Colombia’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ — & Here’s Why https://remezcla.com/culture/were-still-talking-about-colombias-cocaine-hippos-heres-why/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:02:34 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=311799 A U.S. district court granted a request by the Animal Legal Defense Fund to declare hippopotamuses once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar as “interested persons.” Known as the “cocaine hippos,” the animals were illegally imported by Escobar to his ranch in the 1980s and were then abandoned after Escobar’s death in 1993. Since then,

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]]> Close up of hippo at water level, sunset Credit: Jami Tarris Documentary on Drug Lord Pablo Escobar’s Hired Assassin Is Coming Soon https://remezcla.com/film/documentary-drug-lord-pablo-escobars-hired-assassin-coming-soon/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:26:45 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=297360 With the success of drug cartel TV series like Narcos: Mexico, Queen of the South and Better Call Saul, the interest from audiences about the seedy, underground world of kingpins and criminals isn’t going to waver anytime soon. It’s the same on the documentary film front where real-life stories are, in many instances, more incredible

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]]> header-new-doc-pablo-escobar Art by Stephany Torres for Remezcla Wiz Khalifa Visited Pablo Escobar’s Grave and Pissed Off Medellin’s Mayor https://remezcla.com/culture/wiz-khalifa-pablo-escobar-medellin/ Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:40:03 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=212838 Time and again, mainstream rappers have shown they have a long-standing fascination with cartels. Wiz Khalifa, for one, has shown his admiration for Joaquín Guzmán in the past, and this weekend, he paid tribute to Pablo Escobar. After his Medellin concert, Wiz stopped by Escobar’s grave and photographed fresh flowers and what looks like a joint

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]]> Pablo Escobar’s Son Reviews ‘Narcos’ Season 2 With 28-Point List of “Factual Errors” https://remezcla.com/film/pablo-escobar-son-criticizes-netflix-narcos-season-2/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 17:01:38 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=193500 Any work of fiction based on a true story is going to piss someone off. In the case of Narcos season two, Netflix seems to have pissed off a Buenos Aires-based architect, writer, and entrepreneur named Sebastián Marroquín. So why should anybody care? Well, mostly because Marroquín is the son of Pablo Escobar. After apparently

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]]> What’s in the Hidden Safes Found in Pablo Escobar’s Demolished Mansion? 10 Wild Speculations https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/pablo-escobar-hidden-safes-miami-mansion-theories/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:44:59 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=165574 A week after Pablo Escobar’s Pepto Bismol-colored Miami Beach mansion was demolished, it’s been reported that a 1,325-pound safe was found by a worker tearing down one of the last walls. This is actually the second safe that was found at the home, though the first one was stolen before it could be opened. Christian de Berdouare – the

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]]> pablo escobar mansion Photo: Manny Hernandez/Getty Images Pablo Escobar’s Pink Miami Beach Mansion Has Been Demolished https://remezcla.com/culture/pablo-escobars-south-beach-mansion-demolished/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:13:40 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=164596 Pablo Escobar’s Colombian home Hacienda Nápoles may be a stop on multiple tours based on the drug lord’s life, but his South Beach home doesn’t have the same allure. On Tuesday, demolition on the Pepto Bismol-colored house began, and owner Christian de Berdouare, owner of Chicken Kitchen, was glad to see that part of Miami’s dark history

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]]> Tom Cruise Films a Movie in Medellin, Chills with Mayor & Colombian Army https://remezcla.com/film/tom-cruise-films-a-movie-in-medellin-chills-with-mayor-colombian-army/ Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:43:56 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=141704 Tom Cruise is filming 'Mena' in Colombia. He stars as American pilot, Barry Seal, who worked with Pablo Escobar before getting tapped as a CIA informant.

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