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Brit mercenaries agreed to chop off Pablo Escobar's head and send it to rivals for £725k

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A British mercenary told how he was ready to cut Pablo Escobar’s head off and put it in a basket for a rival cartel for a cut of $1million (£725,000) in a daring plot to assassinate the infamous drug lord.Escobar was head of the feared Medellin Cartel that terrorised Colombia during the 1980s and 90s and supplied around 80% of the world’s cocaine at its height.He was listed on Forbes list of billionaires for seven straight years and his cash flow was estimated to be over $3bn (£2.1bn) while his cartel made a profit of more than $7bn (£5.1bn).But his power also made him a top target for both governments and rival gangs.Scottish former SAS soldier Peter McAleese was hired in 1989 along.

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