Colombia tears down drugs kingpin Pablo Escobar's infamous eight-storey apartment because it was becoming a 'sick attraction'
- 'Monaco' apartments, where Escobar lived in the 1980s were a 'symbol of evil'
- Medillin Mayor, Federico Gutierrez, said tourist tours glorified drug violence
- 1,600 people, including some families of Escobar victims, watched demolition
- A memorial to his victims will be erected in place of the apartment building
The home of the late infamous Pablo Escobar has been destroyed in a controlled implosion after it became a tourist attraction in Colombia
The Colombian fortress of infamous drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, has been destroyed in a controlled implosion after it became a tourist destination.
The 'Monaco' apartments, where Escobar lived in the 1980s, were a 'symbol of evil', Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez said.
A crowd of 1,600 people including some families of Escobar victims, watched as a loud detonation was heard and the eight storeys of white concrete crumbled to the ground in three seconds, leaving behind a cloud of smoke that lingered for several minutes.
In its place will be a memorial to the victims of Escobar's reign of terror that ended when he was killed by police in 1993.
A crowd of 1,600 people including some families of Escobar victims, watched at the 'Monaco' apartment building was destroyed
Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez said the building had become a 'symbol of evil' and had become a destination for tourists on 'narco-tours' which take visitors around sites related to the history of drug trafficking
Gutierrez said that the eight-storey building had become a destination for tourists on 'narco-tours', which take visitors around sites related to the history of drug trafficking.
Critics say the tours glorify the drug violence of the 1980s, when thousands of Colombians were murdered.
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