Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, wanda aka fi sani da Pablo Escobar, shi ne shugaban kartel na Medellín na Colombia, wanda ya zama daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan fashin miyagun ƙwayoyi a duniya. An haife shi a shekarar 1949, Escobar ya fara aikinsa na fashin miyagun ƙwayoyi a shekarun 1970, inda ya samu arziƙi da yawa har ya zama mafi girma a fagen miyagun ƙwayoyi a Colombia.
Escobar ya kafa kartel na Medellín, wanda ya zama na daya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin safarar miyagun ƙwayoyi daga Colombia zuwa Amurka. Ya samu suna da ƙarfin hali har ya zama daya daga cikin mutanen da ake kashewa a duniya, tare da arziƙin da aka kiyasta ya kai biliyoyin dala.
Aikin Escobar ya kasance na rikici da tashin hankali, inda ya shirya kisan kai da yawa, ciki har da kisan jami’an tsaro da ‘yan siyasa. Ya kuma shirya harin bam a filin jirgin sama na Avianca a shekarar 1989, wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 107.
Wata muhimmiyar tarihin da ta shafe Escobar ita ce aikin wani jami’i na sirri na Amurka mai suna Bob Mazur, wanda ya yi aiki a ƙarƙashin kartel na Escobar a matsayin jami’i na sirri. Mazur ya taka rawar gani wajen kawo ƙarshen mulkin Escobar, bayan shekaru da yawa na aikin sirri.
A ranar 1 ga Disambar, 1993, Escobar ya mutu a wani harin da sojojin Colombia suka kai a birnin Medellín, bayan an gudanar da bincike na tsawon shekaru da yawa. Mutuwarsa ta kawo ƙarshen mulkin kartel na Medellín, amma tarihin Escobar har yanzu yana da tasiri a fagen miyagun ƙwayoyi na duniya.
