Surviving Escobar to surrender to justice. Already in prison he must face his enemies and use all his tactics not only to survive, but to establish again as a great capo inside the prison and continue his reign of terror, returning to be a feared drug trafficker from the prison. Surviving Escobar Surviving Escobar (stylized onscreen as Surviving Escobar: Alias JJ), is a Colombian drama television series created by Caracol Televisión. The series is based on the book written by John Jairo Velásquez, alias "Popeye", lieutenant and chief of the band of assassins of Pablo Escobar. It stars Juan Pablo Urrego as
Pablo Escobar their warehouses. Ten percent (10%) of the cash had to be written off per year because of "spoilage", due to rats creeping in and nibbling on the bills they could reach. When questioned about the essence of the cocaine business, Escobar replied with "[the business is] simple: you bribe someone here, you bribe someone there, and you pay a friendly banker to help you bring the money back." In 1989, "Forbes" magazine estimated Escobar to be one of 227 billionaires in the world with a personal net worth of approaching US $3 billion while his Medellín Cartel controlled 80% of