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It does, however, show that the judge is willing to believe in the possibility that he's Pablo Escobar 2.0.

It was used to help catch, as two examples: Pablo Escobar and Carlos the Jackal.

Pablo Escobar produced far more of what people want than our hypothetical porn producer.

There were plenty of people that were not against Pablo Escobar as he spent a lot of money back in his home town.

You may want to read up on Pablo Escobar and how much money you can make from a product that people want, but which is illegal.

That is quite different from, say, a Pablo Escobar who sells in tonnes leading an organisation the size of a large multinational, including a private army.

Pablo Escobar brought a different set of skills to the table running his empire than would be required of someone running a legitimate business trafficking in the same goods.

Locking up Pablo Escobar didn't cause his cartel to just go away, it caused his cartel to disintegrate into warring factions which led to even more crime and violence.

Pablo Escobar did very well financially.

You can draw a parallel to say, part of the colombian population that was supporting Pablo Escobar when the Medellin cartel was providing services that the government was failing to provide to the poorest classes.

I'm sure Pablo Escobar would have gladly given up his thuggish ways in exchange for decent shelf placement in retail establishments and ads featuring "Escobar's Finest Blend.

So it would be like asking "who replaced pablo escobar or bernard madoff".

This story would be hippos in World Cup wigs cooler if the Carlos "Still the best player ever to play in the MLS" Valderramma had, in post footballing retirement, become a veterinarian managing Escobar's legacy.

The DEA regulates legal distribution of controlled substances (part of which is investigating and enforcing rules about the illegal distribution of those substances.) Regulatory capture of the DEA wouldn't be capture by "drug dealers" -- at least of the Pablo Escobar, et al., variety -- it would be capture by, e.g., pharmaceutical companies.

Sure, $20K is a lot of money but were not talking Pablo Escobar-like quantities here.

A more extreme example: What if Blackwater, Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, Booz Allen etc fund soup kitchen's for the poor?

If I remember correctly, the same thing happened when they busted Pablo Escobar.