Justin Berfield

Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16 years after his father's death. The accusations that Gen. Oscar Naranjo made in an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday were bolstered by the assertions of a former cartel lieutenant, who says the younger Escobar accompanied his father on a police captain's killing and took drug money. The former Juan Pablo Escobar, 32, is using the newly released film "Sins of My Father" to apologize to the sons of ... Read Full Story

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The last phone call Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made before he was gunned down on a Medellin rooftop was to his son, and many thought Juan Pablo Escobar would follow in his father's footsteps. But 16 years later, he is asking his father's victims for forgiveness by appearing in the documentary "Sins of My Father" that premiers this week at Argentina's Mar del Plata film festival. Juan Pablo Escobar fled Colombia in 1994, a year after his infamous father was shot dead by security forces. Since then he has led a quiet life as an architect in Buenos Aires ... Read Full Story

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters Life!) - The last phone call Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made before he was gunned down on a Medellin rooftop was to his son, and many thought Juan Pablo Escobar would follow in his father's footsteps. But 16 years later, he is asking his father's victims for forgiveness by appearing in a documentary that premiers this week at Argentina's Mar del Plata film festival. Juan Pablo Escobar fled Colombia in 1994, a year after his infamous father was shot dead by security forces. Since then has led a quiet life as an architect in Buenos Aires under the name Sebastian ... Read Full Story

The son of the late notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar is back in the public eye 15 years after fleeing Colombia for a life of anonymity as an architect in Argentina. The former Juan Pablo Escobar is appearing in a documentary titled "Sins of My Father," premiering later this month in Argentina and Amsterdam. In the film, he asks forgiveness of the sons of two politicians his father ordered assassinated. Juan Pablo Escobar changed his name to Sebastian Marroquin after his father was killed by police in 1993. Marroquin tells The Associated Press his father's fortune is gone. He says he wasn't involved in ... Read Full Story

From: http://www.time.com/ By John Otis / Bogota Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar with his son Juan Pablo International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 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 ... Read Full Story