Accounts of Escobar's continued criminal activities while in prison began to surface in the media, which prompted the government to attempt to move him to a more conventional jail on 22 July 1992.
Historier om Escobars fortsatte kriminelle aktiviteter i fængslet begyndte at dukke op i medierne, hvilket fik regeringen til at forsøge at flytte ham til et mere konventionelt fængsel den 22. juli 1992.