How the wheels came off for Britain’s bus-driving Pablo Escobar | UK | News
Isa Ruiz-Henao is known as “England’s Pablo Escobar .. In the early 1990s and the early 2000s, Colombian -born criminal fertile commanded the largest drug ring in the UK, filled our streets with more than 1 billion £ cocaine.
During this time, the consumption of the drug in this country has four times. In fact, outside the United States, Britain is now more than all other nations in the world – and Jesus is the boss behind this cocaine. The courageous run ended in 2006 when he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for drugs and money laundering.
At the summit of the criminal activities, he ran a gang of 50 people, and 20,000 operators laundered him in Colombia.
After being returned from Colombia, he lies in a US Prison and is waiting for more drug trials.
But Jesus became the greatest drug smugglers in the history of England and escaped his huge crime for so long?
The answer had a perfect cover. He was a TFL bus driver in Hendon in North London. In a non -trustees, while trade in the trade in 134, it was clearly hidden.
Now, the old drug Baron, while the first television interview in the new documentary, bus driver: England’s King of Cocaine, two of the police officers responsible for bringing Jesus to justice spoke about the five -year quest to capture Sunday Express.
Former detective sergeant Ian Floyd and former Ds Steve Lear, both retired from power, were part of the largest British police operation (outside the terrorist investigations) to trap Jesus.
Five surveillance teams and more than a hundred officers were included.
“He tried not to attract attention intentionally, it wasn’t flash, Ian says.
“He wasn’t on his face, that’s many drug dealers.”
In order to keep the profitable operation under the radar, Jesus fled a flashy luxury car in favor of a glamorous Honda Civic. In addition to driving bus, he worked as a cleaner and dishwasher.
Colombia says that Jesus has to keep a drug Kingpin hiding a drug Kingpin before moving to the United States, speaking from the high -security cell in Bogota.
“I wanted to be invisible,” he says. “Most people were arrested because someone close to them was gray for them.
“I had to keep it secret because it’s not just the police – criminals all over the world want to get the money from you.”
One of the 10 brothers grew up in rural poverty in a house without electricity in the remote mountains of Colombia.
When he visited a City of Christmas Medellin, he then came under the control of drug cartels.
Escobar, who was a very half god to the local people, distributed gifts to poor children and gave a bike to the young Jesus.
“I bought it from the first bike I have in my life and I bought it from Pablo Escobar, 63 he remembers the 63 -year -old.
“I have power, money. I want to be strong. I want to have everything ‘I thought.”
He decided to imitate his childhood hero and went to Sicily in 1982 to convince the mafia to leave them to cocaine traffic.
After the Colombian cartels lost some drugs and injured because of their money, they held a hitman to kill him.
He was shot in the stomach with a machine gun, but he miraculously survived.
“I was already dead if I wasn’t moved to England,” he says.
He arrived in London in 1986 and started the bus driving. However, he was convinced for larger financial awards, eventually returned to his roots of drug use.
“You’ll be greedy, you want more because it’s easy money,” he confesses now.
“’It is very easy to get £ 1 million. If it is so easy to get £ 1 million, I want to get £ 10 million now.’
Jesus, who always held a low profile, explained his extreme richness to his relatives by saying that he had won a dey in the “Find the ball” competition.
In the early 2000s, he worked on the brutal Norte del Valle cartel, which was very ridiculous.
He received £ 4 million per day and had five “storage houses ında in the UK. At some point in the center of London in Russell Square, he kept £ 42 million in cash. The banknote pile was 1.5m high.
Jesus designed Cocaine more skillful ways to smuggling England and melted the plastic of suitcases to prevent it from being detected. In addition, if the potentially accusing information is passed, it is stuck on the gum or ate ice cream. He believed that he was increasingly arrogant, untouchable by the police. “I was thinking, ‘They never stopped me,” he remembers.
“I was a child who had no suitable education from the Colombian Mountains, but I was smarter than them.”
But until 2002, Met was above it. After confessing to Fernando Carranza Reyes, the main earnings, he exploded after realizing that his illegal operations were the king of drugs.
Jesus now calls it “the biggest mistake.”
Fernando was arrested in September 2003 as part of a large police swoop to the drug ring.
There were tens of thousands of pounds at the safe in La Gran Colombia, Jesus in North London.
Officers also shifted thousands of salaries, which showed that Jesus lasted at least £ 17 million from this office within a year. In general, £ 3.5 million in cash and 645 kg cocaine were recovered.
Fernando then returned to Supergrass, and Jesus and 33 joint conspiracy provided evidence that helped to condemn. Moneyanerer is now in witness protection.
Steve observes: “Jesus was good, but he was unlucky to oppose us.”
Ian adds: “He was a manipulator. Each one does what he has done for his own benefits.
“He might not have been a violent drug dealer, but he was equally guilty – he used people for their own purposes.”
Two of the brothers of Jesus died as a result of criminal activities.
“Very selfish, Ian continues. “He didn’t really care about other people.
“There are victims throughout the drug trade system. Not just about the victims who died of drugs.
“Even people are theft, street robberies and theft.
“There is violence between drug gangs. All this is the result of drug trafficking.”
Shakes his head. “People have a tremendous impact on their lives.
“Jesus, ‘Oh, I only provide a demand’, but it creates a great problem for thousands of people.”
At the summit of Jesus’ Penal Empire-1996-1999-Deaths about cocaine in England increased four and a half times.
Today, the cocaine market in the UK is an estimated £ 4 billion per year.
Jesus’ biography Ron Chepesiuk, the author of the real Mr. Big, said: “Britain has a cocaine epidemic. Jesus was largely responsible. He was the real Mr. Big.”
If the police officers see him today, what would he say to Jesus? Was it worth it? Answers Ian. “Yes, you had a good life for five years and you spent a lot of money.
“But at the end of the day, you don’t see your family and you lost your freedom.”
Detectives may be very pleased with their highly successful investigations. “I am really proud of relief and really proud, Ste says Steve. “That’s why you’re agreeing, isn’t it? That’s why you’re doing this.
It is hopeful that the audience will learn something from watching documentaries.
“I showed this to my sons of 13 and 17 years old – finally, ‘Not worth it’ he said.
“Since 2003, Jesus has been imprisoned.
“So if you can show people that this is not really worth it, then it’s great.”
Ian reaches an agreement: “I hope it doesn’t matter how big people you are, law enforcement officers will come after you and hopefully it will be successful.” Even if you have your own submarine? “Yes, even then!”
Jesus certainly regrets what he’s doing.
He reflects in the documentary that I look at his profitable but destructive career: orum I am not proud. At the end of the day, I am a lost like many people. ” Given the same chance, he says he will make a different choice.
“Washing in a restaurant or playing Mr. Big again? I would choose to wash.”
He doesn’t talk about bus driving.
● Bus Driver: broadcasting on Discovery, King of Cocaine in England+ now
