The family history of Pablo Escobar

● Pablo was the third of seven children born to his farmer father Abel and primary school teacher mother Hilda. He is thought to have begun his criminal career as a teenager, allegedly stealing gravestones and sanding them down for resale. ● In 1976, Escobar, then 26, married María Victoria Henao, who was only 15. ● Her family discouraged their relationship because of his supposed inferior social status but they eloped.

● They had two children together, Juan Pablo (who now goes by Sebastián Marroquín) and Manuela.

● Pablo once notoriously burned $2million in cash for a fire because Manuela once complained she was cold.

● The children and their mother fled to Mozambique after Pablo’s death in 1993.

● They then travelled on tourist visas to Argentina, where they ultimately remained and became citizens in exile.

● Juan Pablo changed his name because he did not want to be associated with his father and he needed a new identity since many companies would refuse him because of his surname.

● He has since apologised for the sins of his father and met with some of his victims in a documentary. ● Manuela has also adopted a new identity and keeps out of the public eye.

● A number of women have claimed to have had affairs with the narcoterrorist including the journalist Virginia Vallejo and the drug lord Griselda Blanco.