Pablo started his criminal career in his teens. It is said he used to steal tombstones, sandblast the names of them and sell them to smugglers in Panama. Pablo started the cocaine trafficking early in 1975. Pablo Escobar was making around $420 million each week. From 1987 until 1993 he ranked as the seventh-richest man in the world. Escobar spent roughly $2,500 a month on rubber bands for his cash. Escobar’s Medellín cartel smuggled 15 tons of cocaine per day to the United States. Escobar was celebrated by the poor people of Colombia. He was known to give money to churches, hospitals, establish food programs and built parks and soccer stadiums. He even earned the nickname ‘Robin Hood’ by the poor. Other popular nicknames included ‘Don Pablo’ and ‘El Patron’. Escobar was responsible for the deaths of around 4,000 people. This included 200 judges and over 1,000 police workers, journalists and government officials.