Video: 'Pablo Escobar Escaped from Prison 1992 News Clip'

(Wednesday, July 22, 1992, at about 4:00 a.m. Colombia Summer Time) — Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel, escaped today from his own luxury prison near Medellin along with 10 fellow prison inmates after they staged a riot and held four high level government officials hostage for some 20 hours.

Video: '22nd July 1992: Pablo Escobar escapes from the luxury La Catedral prison'

Escobar had surrendered to authorities in 1991 and was sentenced to five years imprisonment on a host of charges, but struck a deal of no extradition with Colombian President Cesar Gaviria, with the ability to be housed in his own, self-built prison, La Catedral.

In 1992, Escobar escaped and went into hiding when authorities attempted to move him to a more standard holding facility, leading to a nationwide manhunt. As a result, the Medellín Cartel crumbled, and in 1993, Escobar was killed in his hometown by Colombian National Police, a day after his 44th birthday.