2006 Colombian presidential election of Pablo Escobar and mafia boss Fabio Ochoa. In 1983, Alberto was assassinated by FARC rebels at his estate, after which Alvaro sold off the property and dedicated himself to politics. However, Mary Beth Long, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics, in a 2004 opinion letter to the New York Times claimed that allegations of links between Alvaro and the Medellin drug cartel or Pablo Escobar from 1991 were never substantiated. As governor of Antioquia, Uribe held known contacts with the paramilitary group the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), the goal of which was fighting leftist insurgents. His
Pablo Escobar in the book "Escobar"). Roberto Escobar also claimed that, in addition to using planes, his brother employed two small submarines to transport the massive loads. In 1982 Escobar was elected as an alternate member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, as part of a small movement called "Liberal Alternative". Earlier in the campaign he was a candidate for the "Liberal Renewal Movement", but had to leave it because of the firm opposition of Luis Carlos Galán, whose presidential campaign was supported by the "Liberal Renewal Movement". Escobar was the official representative of the Colombian government for the swearing-in of