Pablo Escobar's home razed to the ground

"Knarkbaronen Pablo Escobar's old home in Medellin, Colombia, have been demolished."

"On the site, the city of Medellin to build a minnespark for those who were victims of Escobar's drogkartell."

"It has been over 25 years since Pablo Escobar died. But the building ”Monaco building” in Medellin, Escobar lived in until 1988, has been left in the city."

"the Building has caused great debate, as it reminds of the time when the drug lord put the fear in the city and all who in any way went against Escobar drogkartell compromised to be assassinated."

"”the Building is falling, and the hope grows”"

"But on Friday destroyed the house, when it was dynamited by the city of Medellin."

" In this day falls on the building, and the hope grows. It is impossible to change the past, but you can build a better present and a better future, " says Ivan Duque Marquez, president of Colombia, in a statement."

"Although it has been many years since Escobar died, he has been especially renowned in the world over the last few years, not least because of the series ”Narcos”. Tourism, which is to go in Escobar's footsteps, visiting his grave and look at places that have a connection to the old drug lord, is popular among some tourists."

"”Concerned about how we told our history”"

"at the same time, many colombians forget the bloody history, and there is a lot of criticism of how Escobar glorifieras."

" We are concerned about how we have told our own history, and how we stopped telling it. In most of the stories are perpetrators, protagonists and it has consequences in the long term, because it makes a criminal environment legitimate, " says Federico Gutierrez, mayor of Medellin, El Colombiano."

"When the ”Monaco building” being demolished on Friday was Gutierrez in the vicinity, along with several families of the victims of Escobar's drogkartell. A ceremony was carried out, then they saw when the building was leveled with the ground."