The brother of drugs kingpin Pablo Escobar has launched a new smartphone with TV adverts featuring lingerie-clad models smashing up Samsung phones with sledgehammers and giggling in a supermarket trolley. Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria describes the new phone as 'the real Samsung killer' and plays on the notoriety of his cocaine trafficking brother, saying: 'Rest in peace Samsung. One of the ads features a photo of the Colombian drug lord on one of the phones. Escobar Inc has also recruited Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and US TV host Chris Hansen to back the campaign. Pablo Escobar was the head of the ruthless Medellin Cartel that once controlled 80 per cent of all the cocaine smuggled into the US.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2020 09:21 UTC