Roberto Escobar

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Roberto Escobar
Escobar in 2018
Born	Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (1947-01-13) January 13, 1947 (age 78) Rionegro, Colombia
Other names	El Osito
Citizenship	Colombia
Occupation(s)	Drug trafficker and smuggler, Co-Founder of the Medellín Cartel, Co-Founder of Escobar Inc, Co-Founder of dietbitcoin, Cyclist
Criminal status	Released in 2006
Spouse	2 including Claudia Azcárraga
Children	5 including: Nicolás Escobar José Roberto Escobar Joseph Escobar Azcárraga
Conviction(s)	Drug trafficking and smuggling
Criminal penalty	14 years in prison

Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria (born January 13, 1947), nicknamed El Osito ("the little bear" or "the teddy bear")^[a], is the brother of deceased drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, and the former accountant and co-founder of the Medellín Cartel,^[1] which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. In his early years he was active as a champion cyclist in Colombia's burgeoning cycling scene.

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