Chapo Guzman of the Sinaloa cartel is estimated to be worth about $1 billion. So it's unlikely that Escobar alone was worth so much more.
Why do you say thata, Ivy? Wasn't it easier making drug money before? Less surveillance, less snitches I'd assume. As with the mafia, it was easier doing things in the past. I agree that Salerno's figures are inflated though. I'd say his worth would be in the region of $25 million-40 million.
