Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord and leader of one of the most powerful criminal organizations ever assembled. During the height of his power in the 1980âs, he controlled a vast empire of drugs and murder that covered the globe.
The surname Griego came from the Italian personal name Greca, which is derived from the Latin word graecus, which means greek. Alternatively, the surname is of a nickname origin that was given to one who came from Greece.
In Latin America the word gringo is an offensive term for a foreigner, particularly an American or English person. But the word existed in Spanish before this particular sense came into being.n fact, gringo may be an alteration of the word griego, the Spanish development of Latin Graecus, âGreek.â Griego first meant âGreek, Grecian,â as an adjective and âGreek, Greek language,â as a noun.