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You can now stay in one of Pablo Escobar’s mansions in Mexico

EVER wondered what it would be like inside the home of a notorious drug kingpin? Now you can sleep in Pablo Escobar’s old place and find out.

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal mansion in Mexico has been transformed into a luxury hotel. General Picture: Supplied                         Sneak Peak at Pablo's Death in Season Two of Narcos
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal mansion in Mexico has been transformed into a luxury hotel. General Picture: Supplied Sneak Peak at Pablo's Death in Season Two of Narcos

ATTENTION, Narcos fans: you can now stay in one of Pablo Escobar’s personal houses, which has been turned into a 35-room luxury hotel.

For over a decade the drug lord’s mansion in Tulum, Mexico sat empty, but it has now been renovated and transformed by art dealer Lio Lamca to become the stunning Casa Malca, The Sun reports.

From about $670 a night, guests can spend the night in the stunning property, which used to belong to Colombia’s most notorious drug lord.

Locals claim the so-called King of Cocaine, who headed up the Medellin Cartel that brought in more than $91.5 million per day, built the whitewashed house in the 1980s.

The eco-friendly boutique hotel is located right on a pristine stretch of a private beach in the popular resort town and comes with a wealth of amenities befitting of the billionaire.

Escobar’s infamous mugshot.
Escobar’s infamous mugshot.
Pablo Escobar was known as the King of Cocaine in his native Colombia. Picture: AP Photo
Pablo Escobar was known as the King of Cocaine in his native Colombia. Picture: AP Photo

These include an underground steam room, pool and rooftop deck, and rooms filled with paintings, sculptures and furniture from contemporary artists.

Its restaurant uses fresh ingredients from the property’s garden, or sources products directly from local farmers or vendors.

Lio, who saw the property back in 2003 and started renovating it in 2012, told Cool Hunting he bought the property because “I thought it was insane”.

“I could not believe that in this world, a property like this still exists and hasn’t been taken over by a corporation,” he said.

Pablo Escobar has been the subject of Netflix series Narcos, which follows the rise and fall of the notoriously violent, powerful and ruthless drug lord.

At the height of his power, Escobar was said to be the seventh richest man in the world, with his Medellin drugs cartel thought to be behind up to 80 per cent of all the cocaine shipped to the United States.

With an estimated worth of $40 billion, Escobar made the Forbes billionaires list of the world’s richest people seven years in a row, beginning in 1987.

He stopped at nothing to protect his drug trafficking business and was said to be behind the murders of thousands of people.

Escobar was behind about 80 per cent of America’s cocaine supply in the 80s and by the 90s, he had a net worth of about $40 billion.
Escobar was behind about 80 per cent of America’s cocaine supply in the 80s and by the 90s, he had a net worth of about $40 billion.

Escobar’s business was so big that in addition to planes, helicopters, cars, trucks, and boats, he even bought two submarines for transporting his cocaine into the United States.

He was eventually killed on a Medellin rooftop during a shootout as he was trying to flee from the police on December 2, 1993.

The rise and fall of Pablo Escobar was dramatised in the hit Netflix series Narcos.
The rise and fall of Pablo Escobar was dramatised in the hit Netflix series Narcos.

Escobar married Maria Victoria Henao when she was just 15-years-old and the pair remained together until his death in 1993.

They had two children — Juan Pablo, who has since changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin, and Manuela.

After Escobar’s death, his family fled the country and travelled for a year before being granted asylum in Argentina.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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