Pablo escobar biography book
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Pablo Escobar: My Father
So after watching Narcos last year, I had an urge to read about Pablo Escobar. inom read a few articles, gawked at some of his photos, and sometimes got confused that why Wagner Moura wasn't in the pictures with his goofy smile and then realized that the real Pablo Escobar looked less handsome and was a real life narco and a terrorist who killed hundreds of people.
I read "Killing Pablo" by Mark Bowden a few years back and to be quite honest, it was a bit of a slog. After finding no other book to read about Escobar, I read At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel, which was quite fantastisk.
But that book dealt with Cali cartel, and my focus kept returning to Pablo.
I knew that Juan Pablo Escobar, Pablo Escobar's son, has published his memoir about his father. At first, I was a bit skeptical. "Yeah, sure, he was your father. You're going to casually slide in some little good things about him in the
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Pablo Escobar: My Father
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Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have always been told from the outside, never from the intimacy of his own home.
More than two decades after the full-fledged manhunt finally caught up with the king of cocaine, Juan Pablo Escobar travels to the past to reveal an unabridged utgåva of his father—a man capable of committing the most extreme acts of cruelty while simultaneously professing infinite love for his family.
This is not the story of a child seeking redemption for his father, but a shocking look at the consequences of violence and the overwhelming need for peace and forgiveness.
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Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord (–)
This article is about the Colombian drug lord. For other uses, see Pablo Escobar (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Gaviria.
Pablo Escobar | |
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Escobar in a mugshot | |
| Born | Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ()1 December Rionegro, Colombia |
| Died | 2 December () (aged&#;44) Medellín, Colombia |
| Cause&#;of death | Gunshot wound to the head |
| Resting place | Monte Sacro Cemetery |
| Spouse | Maria Victoria Henao &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Juan |
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| Organization | Medellín cartel |
| Conviction(s) | Illegal drug trade, assassinations, bombing, bribery, racketeering, murder |
| Criminal penalty | Five years' imprisonment |
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; Spa