British tourist 'snorts cocaine' off of infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar’s GRAVE in Colombia
This is the moment a British tourist appears to snort cocaine off the grave of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Footage shows the man kneeling by the spot where the notorious cartel boss was buried in Itagui, Colombia.
He can then be seen tipping the contents of a bag of white powder on to the grave stone and rolling up a bank note.
Funeral marching powder: The clip shows a man kneeling by the spot where the notorious cartel boss was buried in Itagui, Colombia and apparently snorting a white substance off the grave stone
The tattooed man, believed to be in his 30s, bends down to snort the substance.
He then looks up grinning to say 'I'm Gordon Ramsay mate' in an apparent reference to the celebrity chef's 2017 documentary about cocaine.
He posted the video on Facebook but his page was unavailable this morning.
Drug baron Escobar was shot dead by police at the age of 44 in 1993, bringing to an end his ruthless control of the Medellin Cartel.
R.High.P: The man, believed to be in his 30s, bends down to snort the substance before looking up and grinning
In recent years, there have been reports of guided cocaine tours taking in the notorious criminal's grave (pictured)
At one point he controlled more than 80 per cent of the cocaine shipped to the US.
This earned him the rank of one of Forbes Magazine's ten wealthiest people in the world with an estimated £18 billion fortune.
In recent years, there have been reports of guided cocaine tours in the area taking in the notorious criminal's grave.
Who was Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin Cartel?
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug trafficker.
During his time at the helm of the Medellin Cartel he controlled over 80 per cent of the cocaine shipped to the US.
This earned him the rank of one of Forbes Magazine’s ten wealthiest people in the world.
Escobar entered the cocaine trade in the early 1970s, collaborating with other criminals to form the Medellin Cartel.
Despite his role as a drug lord Escobar earned popularity by sponsoring charity projects and soccer clubs.
However terror campaigns run by Escobar resulted in the murder of thousands turned the public against him.
By the mid-1980s, Pablo Escobar had an estimated net worth of $30 billion and cash was so prevalent that Escobar purchased a Learjet for the sole purpose of flying his money.
More than 15 tons of cocaine were reportedly smuggled each day, netting the Cartel as much as $420 million a week.
Colombian law enforcement finally caught up to Pablo Escobar on December 2, 1993 in a middle-class neighborhood in Medellin.
A firefight ensued and, as Escobar tried to escape across a series of rooftops, he and his bodyguard were shot and killed.
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