Gustavo Gaviria

Gustavo Tshepo Gaviria
Gustavo Tshepo Gaviria
Born	Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero; 25 December 1946; Pereira, Colombia
Died	11 August 1990 (aged 43); Medellín, Colombia
Organization	Medellín Cartel
Relatives	Pablo Escobar Gaviria (cousin)

Gustavo de Jesús Gaviria Rivero (25 December 1946 – 11 August 1990) was a Colombian drug trafficker. As Pablo Escobar's cousin and right-hand man, Gaviria controlled the Medellín cartel's finances and trade routes. He and Escobar had collaborated in their criminal careers since the early 1970s.

Though he was the owner of a fortune comparable to Escobar's and even had a military apparatus to his service, Gaviria was not as well known, as he kept a low profile.[1]

The events leading to his death are unclear. It is speculated he was killed by Search Bloc and the incident was covered up to prevent retaliation.[2][1]

After Gaviria's death, Escobar decided to turn himself in at La Catedral, a jail of his own making, guarded by his own guards. Since Gaviria died five days after President César Gaviria took office, at the time, the media and the country in general thought the president had begun his term with an offensive against the country's drug traffickers.

Gaviria's death triggered a counter-offensive by Escobar that initially destabilized the new president's administration.

In popular culture

Gustavo was played by actor Juan Pablo Raba in the popular Netflix television series Narcos (Main character, season 1)

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References

"Semblanza del capo del cartel de Medellín, Pablo Escobar- Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com". El Tiempo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
"Key Cocaine Cartel Member Killed by Colombia Police During Raid". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 12 August 1990. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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[eltiempo-1] "Semblanza del capo del cartel de Medellín, Pablo Escobar- Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com". El Tiempo. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

[2] "Key Cocaine Cartel Member Killed by Colombia Police During Raid". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 12 August 1990. Retrieved 13 September 2016.