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Colombia demolishes Escobar's former home that became center of narco-tours
11:29 February 23, 2019 Reuters, AA
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.Gutierrez 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.