Photos: Hidden safe found during demolition of a mansion once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar.

A safe was discovered hidden inside a Miami
mansion that once belonged to notorious
Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Construction
workers found the safe in the building's
foundation during demolition.
The mansion, now owned by a restaurateur and a
TV journalist, is being removed to make way for a
more modern building. It was confiscated by the
U.S. government in 1987 and sold at auction. The
current owners purchased it in 2014.
"It was in the ground under some marble and was
discovered by some of our workers, but before we
even had a chance to remove it, it was stolen, so
we've been working with police on that," Jennifer
Valoppi, who co-owns the property with her
husband, said in an interview with the BBC.
Escobar was known to have squirreled away
much of his funds and drugs during the years he
spent on the run, as much of it couldn't be kept
in banks or laundered. He died in a shootout in
Medellin in 1993.
De Berdouare, the owner, believes the Miami
house was used "to conduct illicit trade," and
he's therefore happy to see it torn down.
"We’re demolishing the house of the devil . Pablo
Escobar was one of the biggest murderers and
criminals in the world."