Carrillo had Gaviria's death reported as a shootout with police to avoid being arrested for an extrajudicial killing. His body was dumped in the Sabaneta neighborhood, and the police claimed that he had fired first before he was "gunned down". Gaviria was buried in the hills of Medellin, where he had played with Escobar when they were ten years old. Escobar was unable to attend the funeral due to security reasons, so he had La Quica hold a radio next to the Catholic priest as he delivered the funeral sermon, with Escobar listening to the sermon from a radio. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Do you like this video? Gaviria was one of the first people to form a partnership with Escobar, joining his operation in the s; he would become as rich as his cousin, but he did not flaunt his wealth, instead being low-key to avoid assassination. However, he was illegally tortured and killed by Search Bloc in , weakening the cartel.

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A local hospital did not identify his body until four hours later. Gaviria, who authorities said was the third most important member of the drug cartel, exchanged gunfire with police before being killed, according to a police statement. The statement gave no details about how police located Gaviria in the luxury apartment, which was equipped with bullet-resistant windows. Gaviria is the third cartel leader killed in gunbattles with police during the past eight months. He is the main partner of Escobar, the Medellin cartel leader blamed for a terrorist campaign of bombs and other attacks that have killed hundreds of people over the past year.
Wikimedia Commons Gustavo Gaviria. From to , the Medellin Cartel ruled the cocaine business. At the time, no criminal organization in the world was as highly organized and far-reaching in the distribution of the narcotic. Pena and Murphy would know. They both investigated and tracked the Medellin cartel in its final years. Though the television show does take liberties with certain facts, it does get the relationship between Gaviria and Escobar right. Gustavo Gaviria and Pablo Escobar were described as closer than brothers. Born just a few years apart in and respectively, they had grown up together and were partners from the beginning. By , Gaviria and Escobar were small-time criminals.
He and Escobar had collaborated in their criminal careers since the early s. 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. 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. After Gaviria's death, Escobar decided to turn himself in at La Catedral , a jail of his own making, guarded by his own guards.