Photo: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar with his son Juan Pablo.International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son Speaks -- Time Magazine
While on the phone with his son 16 years ago, Pablo Escobar stayed on the line just long enough for Colombian police to trace the call. Minutes later, the world's most violent and notorious drug lord was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop. Fearing for their lives, Escobar's wife, son and daughter sought safety in exile, but most nations shut their doors. After stopovers in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique — a whirlwind on par with the deposed Shah of Iran's desperate 1979 world tour — the widow and her children finally entered Argentina as tourists on Christmas Eve 1994. They've lived relatively quiet lives in Buenos Aires ever since.
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My Comment: It is the children who have the power to change the world and to stop conflicts and wars. This story highlights how this can be possible.
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