Safe Found in Pablo Escobar's Pink Mansion during Demolition: What's Inside?
- Colleen Anne
- Jan 27, 2016 06:00 AM EST
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Colombia drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's famous pink mansion has been demolished. Workers report that while digging through the rubble of the late drug baron's Florida home, they have chanced upon a safe. Its contents might contain a boatload of wealth.
BBC reports that the new owners of Escobar's Florida mansion believe that the famed drug lord might have hidden treasures within the mansion's vicinity.
The Colombian drug lord was gunned down by police. During the height of his career, he supplied 80 percent of smuggled cocaine into the United States, earning him the reputation of "The King of Cocaine." His drug dealings have made him the richest criminal to date, even more so than Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
The Colombian drug lord accumulated so much wealth during his lifetime that he hid his money all across Colombia and even outside the country. Miami became a key point for drugs coming in from South America by boat. During his death in 1993, many viewed Escobar as a Robin Hood. 25,000 people, mostly the poor that he aided during his lifetime, attended his funeral.
Christian de Berdouare and his wife, Jennifer Valoppi, said that a worker found the white metal safe hidden in one of the walls of the mansion. For now, the couple disclosed that Escobar's safe is being kept in a "safe place." The couple have not opened the safe as of this time.
The couple have called the find "a Holy Grail." During his lifetime, Escobar was vastly wealthy, having a net worth of $30 billion.The safe, which was reported to weigh 600 kg., could very well hide just a fraction of Escobar's secret stash, ranging from gold bars to precious jewels.
When the home was purchased, the couple said that they were not aware of the home's history. The mansion was seized by the US government in 1987. The mansion was later destroyed in a fire, and the couple purchased the four-bedroom mansion in 2014. The new owners of the mansion also own a restaurant and are planning on building a new house on the property.
Workers disclosed that they have found another safe on the property before, but it mysteriously disappeared soon after.
Time reports that the couple plan to open the safe at an "undisclosed time." While Escobar owned the property in Miami, the drug baron never actually lived there, although he did pay numerous visits to the home during his stay in Miami.
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