My whole life I saw how the violence my father created had come back to my family and I thought that I would only make things worse for my mother and my sister if I sought to avenge my father.… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
For every stone that [Pablo Escobar] threw, he would get many thrown back at him and us, his family, because we were the most vulnerable. In these types of extreme situations, we learned about the consequences of violence and that… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I am surprised that many people disregard the fact that the end for almost all drug dealers ends up being the cemetery or the… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
No one prepares you at 7 years of age to have your father tell you he is a criminal - you are still a… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
Sadly, [Pablo Escobar] ended up throwing away the one opportunity he had. I naively thought, as a son and as many other Colombians, that… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I am not saying this to serve as a justification for the things [Pablo Escobar] did, but rather to demonstrate the context of his… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
[Pablo Escobar] always told me that the day he used the phone would be his last day, something I had very clear while I… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
Clearly, something I am grateful for today is that my father had the strength to recognize and tell me about his activities instead of… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even say appreciate… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
My whole life I saw how the violence my father created had come back to my family and I thought that I would only… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
[My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk to the… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
What we experience in Colombia is fratricide, we fight ourselves and it demonstrates the priority of hatred over peace and reconciliation. — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence. — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image
I am a free man but only partially so relative to other people in society. Why do I say "partially free"? Because there is… — Juan Pablo Escobar Copy Share Image