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When was escobar at the height of Pablo Escobar's power?
At the height of his power, drug traffickers from Medellin and other areas were handing over between 20% and 35% of their Colombian cocaine-related profits to Escobar.
How much money was he making?
Medellin Cartel brought in more than US $70 million per day (roughly $26 billion in a year).
Was he ever caught?
people from Medellin often helped Escobar avoid police capture by serving as lookouts, hiding information from authorities, or doing whatever else they could to protect him.
How much cocaine did he distribute?
Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more than half a billion dollars, into the United States.

Question: What did he use his money for?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Escobar use his money for?