Claim: Pablo Escobar was a drug merchant.
Evidence: Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria -LRB- -LSB- ˈpaβ̞lo eˈmiljo eskoˈβ̞aɾ ɣ̞aˈβ̞iɾja -RSB- ; 1 December 19492 December 1993 -RRB- was a Colombian drug lord and narco-terrorist.