
These pictures reveal the crumbling mansion of the wealthiest criminal in history - Pablo Escobar - that is now being used as a paintball venue.

The King of Cocaine bought his 20-acre estate in Guatapé, Colombia, after his daughter Manuela was born in 1984, and he named it in her honour.

It was built with double-layered walls for hiding cash and cocaine, and boasted a private disco, a pool, a guesthouse, a seaplane dock, tennis courts, and a football field used to land helicopters.

But a vigilante group called Los Pepes, funded by Escobar's Cali Cartel rivals, destroyed La Manuela in 1993 by detonating 200kg of TNT in a bathroom.

Pablo Escobar bought the 20-acre estate in Guatapé, Colombia, and named it after his daughter Manuela

The crumbling La Manuela estate still bears the scars of botched assassination attempt when 200kg of TNT was planted in a bathroom

Now the bombed-out mansion is being used for paintball, with tourists paying 170,000 Colombian pesos ($56/£43) for a few rounds of cops versus narcos

A bar has even been set up on site to keep guests fed and watered. Above paintballers pose with their weapons

Escobar himself was tipped off and had evacuated, but was gunned down in his hometown of Medellin later that year aged 44.

Now the bombed-out mansion is being used for paintball, with tourists paying 170,000 Colombian pesos (£43) for a few rounds of cops versus narcos.

Pablo Escobar had an estimated fortune of $30 billion made from the cocaine trade

A bar has even been set up on site to keep guests fed and watered.

Londoner Mark Mooney, 37, toured the estate during a recent visit.

'It was far too hot for paintballing that day, but we did see a group who had just finished,' he said.

'I think it's quite ironic that it's being used for that – I imagine it's pretty similar to what was going on when Pablo had to flee.'

Photos show the crime boss's pool has turned green, while the buildings are being reclaimed by nature.

Bullet marks and rubble from the bombing are still visible at the site, and walls throughout are covered with graffiti and riddled with holes.

Carlos Ramirez, another recent visitor, who grew up in Colombia during the Escobar era said the holes had been carved by treasure hunters seeking Pablo's fortune.

Local legend has it that none of them ever found money there.

'A lot of people would go in and start drilling through the walls to see if they would find money,' said Mr Ramirez.

'Every time you look at a property like that, there's holes in the walls everywhere.'

But even now you can still see how magnificent the mansion once was.

Mr Mooney said: 'The property was very grand. You arrive by boat and see the nightclub and bar area that he used for parties.

Bullet marks and rubble from the bombing are still visible at the site, and walls throughout are covered with graffiti and riddled with holes. Tourists pose at the mansion above

Escobar escaped the 1993 assassination attempt at the house after being tipped off but was gunned down later that year

The mansion that was built as a grand mansion in 1984 but has now been reclaimed by nature

'As you walk towards the house it is impressive, with big rooms, verandas and balconies.

'You walk around to the back and the pool is still there with the beach house and BBQ area. I can't even begin to imagine the sorts of parties that went on there!

'And it's a very enviable place to live. Whilst no one lives in this property now, the shoreline of the man-made lake is littered with houses for the rich and famous from Colombia.'

Mr Ramirez said a dispute over the property was ongoing between the government and Pablo's former caretaker.

'Currently it's owned by the state,' he said.

The pool of the mansion has turned green. Escobar's former butler is disputing ownership of the property with the Colombian government

Nowadays, tourists walk freely around the grounds of the property once owned by the feared criminal

Escobar's mansion came with a bar and private disco as well as a football pitch where helicopters could be landed. Now there is a bar set up for tourists to drink at

British tourist Paul Mooney having a drink at a bar set up to cater for the tourists visiting the property

'But the butler from that time is fighting for it and says he has worked there for 20 years, so he claims he has rights to it.'

At the height of his power, Escobar's cartel supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, earning him $21.9bn (£16.59bn) a year.

Such was his wealth that – according to his brother and accountant, Roberto Escobar – they were spending $2,500 (£1,900) on rubber bands every month just to hold the cash.

Pablo is also reputed to have once burned $2m (£1.5m) in cash to keep his daughter warm when he was on the run with his family.

After her father's death, Manuela Escobar would flee Colombia with her mother in 1995, eventually settling in Argentina.

She maintains a low profile to this day, living under a new name.

The mansion pictured from the sea. A special seaplane dock was built at La Manuela

The walls are covered with graffiti and there are holes dug by treasure hunters looking for Escobar's reputed hidden cash

Pablo's ranch is seen above in this October 2017 file photo. Pablo is also reputed to have once burned $2m (£1.5m) in cash to keep his daughter warm when he was on the run with his family

Bullet marks and rubble from the bombing are still visible at the site, and walls throughout are covered with graffiti (above) and riddled with holes

Legend has it that Escobar stashed his money in the mansion but none has been found despite the holes carved in the walls by the treasure hunters

Such was Escobar's wealth that he was spending £1,900 on rubber bands to tie up his cash but his former mansion is now a shell

Escobar's daughter fled to Argentina where she currently lives n