The provided text consists of excerpts from the book The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of Pablo Escobar, written by his brother, Roberto Escobar. This memoir details Roberto's life growing up in Colombia with Pablo, their family's early struggles, and Roberto's own career as a champion cyclist and electrical engineer before joining Pablo's drug operation, the Medellín cartel, as its chief accountant. The passages cover Pablo Escobar's rise to power, his political ambitions, the extreme violence of the drug wars, and the sophisticated methods used for smuggling cocaine, laundering money, and evading law enforcement, culminating in Roberto's capture and Pablo's eventual death. It also includes copyright and publishing information, noting that some names were changed due to the sensitive nature of the material, and concludes with Roberto reflecting on his life after prison.

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