Shocking: $600 Million found by farmer in Columbia, gives it to police - Risingsuntv

The news that a Colombian farmer finds $600,000,000 in
drug money buried on his farm has created a modern day
“Gold Rush” as people are now flocking to the Colombian
countryside with echo sounders and all kinds of scanning
equipment, searching for more of Pablo Escobar’s hidden
money pits.


Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 –
December 2, 1993) was a notorious Colombian drug lord
who at the height of his career, supplied about 80% of the
cocaine smuggled into the US.


Known as “The King of Cocaine”, he was the wealthiest
criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US
$30 billion by the early 1990s, and approximately US$50
billion when including money that was buried in different
areas of Colombia.


At the height of its power, Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel was
smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine (worth more than half a
billion dollars) into the United States every single day.

He made so much money that he had to spend $1000 per
week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash.

Pablo had so much money that he could not possibly spend
it all. He had over 800 luxury mansions all over Colombia,
owned football teams, he gave away billions of dollars to
help build hospital’s, schools, work programs and even
rebuilt entire ghettos for the poverty stricken people of
Colombia.

Even with all that going on, he still had too much cash to
hide. So he started to bury it all over Colombia. The location
of each money pit was known by only Pablo and his three
closest associates.


When Pablo was finally killed, the location of many of these
money pits died with him. The CIA estimates there to be
about 100 of these money pits that have yet to be
discovered, each containing between five hundred million to
one billion dollars.


Fast forward to today. Meet Jose Mariena Cartolos, a 65
year old farmer who recently received a $3000 grant from
the Colombian government to help him start a palm oil
plantation on land that has been in his family for over 200
years.


While digging the irrigation trench for the plantation, Jose
discovered something big beneath his feet. After further
excavation, Jose discovered several large blue containers
with something incredible inside.
Money, not just a few hundred dollars, not even a million
dollars, heck not even 100 million dollars.


This 65 year old
farmer with nothing but the shirt on his back had managed
to find one of Pablo Escobar’s money pit’s containing a
whopping $600,000,000. Yup thats right, six hundred million
dollars.

Its not clear what will happen to the
money now, but many speculate that Jose
Mariena Cartolos will not be allowed to
keep the money, but it will most likely
remain in Colombia and be used to fund
social and economical programs that help
those in poverty.