Brazil's Minister of Education cited Pablo Escobar's "work" to prevent young people from using drugs.

The Minister of Education of Brazil, Ricardo Vélez RodríguezIn its effort to bring the allies to increase the number of civico-military schools in the country, Wednesday quoted as an example the "work" that allowed the Colombian drug dealer Pablo Escobar in schools in your country to prevent young people from using drugs.

"Pablo Escobar had reserved football fields for young people and a small library. In this way, young people do not consume cocaine because this product was intended for export.", Said Vélez during a speech at a public hearing in the Chamber of Deputies.

Escobar was a well-known Colombian drug dealer who had directed drug trafficking in the 1980s, until 1993, when he died at the hands of his country's police in the city of Medellín.

Vélez Rodríguez, Colombian philosopher nationalized in Brazil, He opposed the work of the head of the Medellin cartel to that of the Brazilian drug traffickers., that they recruit students to sell drugs, which, according to him, this can be stopped with the establishment of civic and military schools in the country.

Nevertheless, the Minister's statement he was not welcomed and this has been interpreted as a bad example by some media and by people who have manifested themselves through social networks.

"Minister of Education quotes Pablo Escobar to defend civil-military model in schools"he called the newspaper on his website O Globo, the biggest draw in Brazil.

The news portal UOL He titled the news: "Minister quotes Pablo Escobar as an example of protecting young people from drug trafficking"and the magazine Forum He announced with the title: "Vélez Rodríguez compares current Brazil to Colombia by Pablo Escobar"

Vélez Rodríguez has joined the portfolio of education recommended by the philosopher Olavo de Carvalho, the main ideologue of Brazilian right-wing movements, considered a guru by the current president, Jair Bolsonarowho shares his anti-communist ideology.

His administration which, in addition to including the army in schools, wants education in Brazil to follow the purposes of the Bible, has been sharply criticized by the South American giant.