Colombia Escobar - Presidential campaign posters for late drug lord
NAME: COL ESCOBAR 20060407I
TAPE: EF06/0300
IN_TIME: 11:23:35:18
DURATION: 00:02:28:24
SOURCES: RCN Colombia
DATELINE: Medellin/Bogota - 5/7 April 2006
RESTRICTIONS:
SHOTLIST
Medellin - 5 April, 2006
1. Various of posters of Pablo Escobar pasted on wall
2. Mid shot of man walking and reading poster
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gloria Zapata, Resident of Medellin
"It really scared me - I was shocked by the posters! It is horrible."
(Question: What do the posters remind you of?)
"It reminds me of very difficult and cruel times, it is unbelievable."
Bogota
7 April 2006
4. Mid shot of people walking on the street and posters of Pablo Escobar on the wall in background
5. Various of posters of Pablo Escobar on the walls
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos de la Torre, Resident of Bogota
"There are a lot of people who say that Pablo is not dead, the same with Gacha (referring to Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, better known as El Mexicano). There is a doubt."
7. Mid shot of posters of Pablo Escobar on the wall
8. Mid shot of photographer taking pictures of the posters
FILE
9. Various of television campaign inviting people to denounce Pablo Escobar
10. Various of Pablo Escobar
STORYLINE
A series of posters featuring the late drug baron Pablo Escobar, mocked up to look like presidential campaign slogans appeared pasted on walls around Medellin and Bogota this week.
The red and white posters depict a close up image of Escobar and read "Pablo President, Sovereignty and Independence."
The multimillionaire Escobar, head of the disbanded Medellin cartel, was considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world.
He was shot and killed on the roof of a house in Medellin by police in 1993 after a police hunt.
The drug lord, who came from a family of modest means and began a life of crime stealing cars, was highly popular among Medellin''s poor community, thanks to his generosity towards them.
In 1982, he won a seat in Congress which sparked a heated controversy.
The postings left Colombian authorities baffled.
On Friday, they were still unsure who put up the posters and what their intention might be.