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November 06, 2009

STORY: Drug Lord Pablo Escobar's Home Now a Theme Park

One man brought Colombia to its knees a generation ago, bombing cities, killing presidential candidates, putting a bounty on policemen. All the while, Pablo Escobar was building himself a Shangri-La outside of the city of Medellin, funded by near global control of the cocaine trade. Now that estate, known as Hacienda Napoles, has become a theme park where 50,000 people a year come to see what is left of "El Patron." "It is a sad story of how a whole country can get corrupted by money," one tourist told Fox News. The state says the museum teaches that crime doesn't pay. But the cold sneer of command lingers here, along with a hint of admiration from some visitors.

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posted by LASHARA! on 11/6/2009 6:25:42 AM