Escobar Inc was originally established on May 1, 1984[7][8] by Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, a day after the assassination of the Colombian Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla[9][10] as a means of funneling large sums of cash outside of Colombia with the help of his brother Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria. It aided the money laundering of over $420 million in profits made by Pablo Escobar per week.[11] The company and its activities were placed on hold when Roberto Escobar surrendered to authorities on October 8, 1992[12]