Nicknamed El Osito (“Little Bear”), Roberto Escobar served as the former accountant of the notorious Medellin Cartel, which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine once smuggled into the United States.

Who was Pablo Escobar's accountant?

"Blackbeard" was the accountant of Pablo Escobar and the man who laundered his money during the late 1970s and early 1980s. His nickname came from the fact that he had a map to the locations of all of Escobar's buried money, making him similar to a pirate.

Are the Escobars still rich?

Escobar, nicknamed the “King of Cocaine”, became one of the world's richest men as his business pulled in an estimated $420 million a week in revenue. While verifying Escobar's wealth is impossible because of the nature of drug money, estimates run as high as $30 billion.