4 Underage Girls
In 1976, before his career in the cartel had really begun, Pablo Escobar married Maria Victoria Henao. He was 26, and she was 15. Escobar’s connection with young girls continued long into his marriage. Underage girls from poor neighborhoods were gathered by a group of his men called Los Senuelos—meaning “bait”—then brought to parties. According to Colombia’s Semana magazine, after one of his depraved orgies, police discovered the bodies of 24 young girls who were all under 19 years old.[7]
In 1991, he built his own private luxury prison, La Catedral, where he could serve his sentence after surrendering but still continue with his illegal operations. Even the Colombian police were not allowed within 5 kilometers (3 mi) of the facility. It had also been reported that Escobar continued to have young girls delivered to his luxury prison for his own private entertainment.
3 His Family Went Through Hell
Even after his death, Escobar’s wife and son had to move to Argentina, where they lived in exile. His wife Maria Henao changed her name to Maria Santos Caballero, and his son Juan Pablo became Juan Sebastian Marroquin Santos. In 2000, they were both arrested for money laundering and sentenced to 15 months in jail before being released due to insufficient evidence. Escobar’s wife said, “I am a prisoner in Argentina for being Colombian. They want to try the ghost of Pablo Escobar because they want to prove that Argentina is combating drug trafficking.”[8]
Juan Sebastian also spoke about his father to Euronews. He told them, “It seems to me that the image of Pablo Escobar has been used to tell stories about him that are not true. As his son, it’s up to me to tell the truth about Escobar. It’s not a truth that benefits me—quite the contrary—it’s a truth that makes my father look even worse than how he is shown in the movies.”
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