La Catedral featured a football pitch, giant doll house, bar, jacuzzi and waterfall. Escobar also had a telescope installed that allowed him to look down onto the city of Medellín to his family's residence …

Jan 7, 2023 · When drug lord and “King of Coke” Pablo Escobar agreed to a prison sentence in Colombia, he did so on his own terms. He constructed a jail so lavish it was referred to as “Hotel …

Jul 23, 2022 · La Catedral, la jaula de oro de la que se fugó hace tres décadas el capo Pablo Escobar, se transformó en un apacible refugio que acoge a ancianos sin recursos y que intenta, con su labor...

While Escobar was living at La Catedral, his family made the trip up from Envigado to visit him three or four times a week, as did friends, professional soccer players and prostitutes when he wished. He …

Jul 15, 2025 · Discover La Catedral, Pablo Escobar’s infamous ‘luxury prison’ hidden in Colombia’s mountains, where the drug lord lived in comfort while running his empire. Explore the farce that …

Jan 27, 2023 · La Catedral was a self-built prison that sat on top of a hill in Antioquia, Colombia. It was designed to be impenetrable, and it certainly fulfilled that purpose.

Jul 19, 2023 · During his stay in La Catedral, Escobar had smuggled cash into his prison in milk cans. Rumors had spread that there were still cans buried in the compound containing millions of dollars, …

We traveled to Medellín, Colombia to explore one of the most controversial and surreal landmarks in narco history—La Catedral, the custom-built “prison” where drug kingpin Pablo Escobar ...

Nov 24, 2025 · High in the hills above Medellín stands La Catedral — the prison Pablo Escobar built for himself.

Aug 21, 2024 · This was the place of detention for Pablo Escobar Gaviria, the head of the Medellín Cartel, in the La Catedral prison. Not just for his drug empire, but for the political assassinations he …