Pablo Escobar Colombian cocaine-related profits to Escobar, as he was the one who shipped cocaine successfully to the United States. The Colombian cartels' continuing struggles to maintain supremacy resulted in Colombia quickly becoming the world's murder capital with 25,100 violent deaths in 1991 and 27,100 in 1992. This increased murder rate was fueled by Escobar's giving money to his hitmen as a reward for killing police officers, over 600 of whom died as a result. After the assassination of Luis Carlos Galán, the administration of César Gaviria moved against Escobar and the drug cartels. Eventually, the government negotiated with Escobar and convinced
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