After the site became a touris­t destin­ationBOGOTA: Colombia destroyed an infamous apartment building which was once home to drug trafficker Pablo Escobar in a controlled implosion on Friday, after the site became a tourist destination. The “Monaco” apartments, where Escobar lived in the 1980s, were a symbol of evil, Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez told journalists. 25 years later, Pablo Escobar’s legacy refuses to dieGutierrez lamented that the 8-story building had become a destination for tourists on much-maligned “narco-tours”, which take visitors around sites related to the history of drug trafficking. Critics say the tours glorify the drug violence of the 1980s, when thousands of Colombians were murdered. It was expropriated by Colombia in 1990 and for a time served as extra office space for the attorney general’s office.

Source: The Express Tribune February 22, 2019 19:30 UTC