Demolition underway at Miami mansion of drug lord.
Demolition began yesterday on a pink waterfront mansion in Miami Beach owned in the 1980s by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
The U.S. government seized it in 1987. It was acquired in 1990 by a private owner, and Chicken Kitchen owner Christian de Berdouare bought it in 2014.
De Berdouare wants to build a modern home on the site. Watching construction excavators tear into the mansion, he said he was elated to see “the house of the devil” disappearing.
