Tales of the Drug Lord's Son

Family Man
Escobar, shown here watching TV with Juan Pablo, was as lavish with his family as he was with himself. His son says that Escobar "did everything to keep us separated from his business." But, Juan Pablo continues, "if I wanted to be a doctor, he said he would give me the best hospital. If I wanted to be a hairdresser, he said he would give me the finest salon in the whole city." When Escobar was killed in 1993, Juan Pablo told TIME, "I will not try to avenge my father's death. We want peace like the rest of Colombia." Sixteen years later, he decided it was time to reach out to the sons of the men his father murdered.

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