It has never been proven who actually fired the final shot into his ear, or determined whether this shot was made during the gunfight or as part of a possible execution, with wide speculation remaining regarding the subject. [69] On 5 June 2018, the Argentine federal judge Nestor Barral accused her and her son, Sebastián Marroquín Santos, of money laundering with two Colombian drug traffickers. By using her business skills she established a successful business there. Her daughter Manuela now known as Juana Manuela Marroquin Santos is living a private life away from the media and is continuing her studies in Argentina.
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Initially, Pablo tried to bribe the Medellín judges who were forming a case against him and was unsuccessful. Henao is professionally a businesswoman and used to help her husband being his business advisor. The relationship was discouraged by the Henao family, who considered Escobar socially inferior; the pair eloped.
[61] In her book, Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar), she had accused several politicians, including Colombian presidents Alfonso López Michelsen, Ernesto Samper and Álvaro Uribe of having links to drug cartels. [66] Living under her assumed name, Henao became a successful real estate entrepreneur until one of her business associates discovered her true identity, and Henao absconded with her earnings. ", "Pablo Escobar's six-floor apartment demolished in Medellin as symbol of rebirth", "What is actor Christian Bale doing next? We [would] drive to places where he dreamed of building schools for the poor. Despite his many criminal deeds Escobar was a loving father and loved his children.
The family lived in fear since Pablo Escobar was the most wanted criminal at that time. I fell in love with his desire to help people and his compassion for their hardship.
The journalist stated that Escobar had financed the operation, which was committed by M-19; but she blamed the army for the killings of more than 100 people, including 11 Supreme Court magistrates, M-19 members, and employees of the cafeteria. [46] A Colombian electronic surveillance team, led by Brigadier Hugo Martínez,[47] used radio trilateration technology to track his radiotelephone transmissions and found him hiding in Los Olivos, a middle-class barrio in Medellín. [43], Escobar also owned a home in the US under his own name: a 6,500 square foot (604 m2), pink, waterfront mansion situated at 5860 North Bay Road in Miami Beach, Florida.
[77] A video of the exhumation was broadcast by RCN, angering Marroquín, who accused his uncle, Roberto Escobar, and cousin, Nicolas Escobar, of being "merchants of death" by allowing the video to air. The drug lord was notorious for having countless affairs and mistresses, but Henao remained faithful and never left her man, despite his debauchery. Maria Victoria Henao’s family disproved of the union, as Escobar was socially inferior to them.
The video was seen by 14 million people, and was instrumental for the reopened case of Galán's assassination. [8][48] His two brothers, Roberto Escobar and Fernando Sánchez Arellano, believe that he shot himself through the ear. [41], A drug distributor, Griselda Blanco is also reported to have conducted a clandestine, but passionate, relationship with Escobar; several items in her diary link him with the nicknames "Coque de Mi Rey" (My Coke King) and "Polla Blanca" (White Dick).
[15], Raised in the nearby city of Medellín, Escobar is thought to have begun his criminal career as a teenager, allegedly stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale to local smugglers. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (/ˈɛskəbɑːr/; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. On 31 August 2011 Santofimio was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the crime.[55][56]. [9] Escobar suffered gunshots to the leg and torso, and a fatal gunshot through the ear. That time Henao was just 15 years old and her late husband Escobar was 26. [18] In the early 1970s, prior to entering the drug trade, Escobar acted as a thief and bodyguard, allegedly earning US$100,000 by kidnapping and holding a Medellín executive for ransom. Her son changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin and is now an architect, designer, lecturer, and author who wrote Pablo Escobar: My Father. Pablo reconstructed the airplane from the scrap parts that were left and later hung it above the gate to his ranch at Hacienda Nápoles. They were on the run all the time and couldn't live a normal life. [citation needed], The Colombian cartels' continuing struggles to maintain supremacy resulted in Colombia quickly becoming the world's murder capital with 25,100 violent deaths in 1991 and 27,100 in 1992. From 1978 to 1982, this was used as a central smuggling route for the Medellín Cartel. Ultimately, authorities were unable to link her funds to illegal activity, and she was released. The compound, now half-demolished and overtaken by vegetation and wild animals, featured a mansion, apartments, courtyards, a large swimming pool, a helicopter landing pad, reinforced windows, tiled floors, and a large, unfinished building to the side of the mansion.[45].
It is speculated that Pablo Escobar’s wife was dependent on the extravagant lifestyle Escobar’s drug money had provided.
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