Neither the Argentinean Government nor the Argentinean President, Carlos Menem, were notified.Īfter eleven years of silence, Sebastián agreed to tell me his story for the first time. In December 1994, after a brief stay in Mozambique, Sebastián moved to Argentina with his mother and sister under their new identities. Gustavo de Greiff, the Attorney General of Colombia, provided new identities for him, his mother and his sister. Llos Pepes lifted a $4,000,000 reward on his head. He was forced to choose whether to follow in his father’s footsteps or to break with the circle of violence to which he seemed destined. When Escobar was killed, Sebastián was sixteen years old. The latter were desperate to stop Escobar, often seemingly disregarding any respect for human rights in the process. He witnessed from close quarters the horrible violence inflicted on others by his father, described to me by former President Cesar Gaviria as “the worst in Colombia’s history.” Not only did he see violence being inflicted on others, but he was also subjected to the violence used by his father’s persecutors, the paramilitary group known as Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar, or “Los Pepes,” and the Colombian security forces. By the time of our meeting, he had been living in Argentina for a decade but few people knew about him, or his story.īetween 1984, the year Escobar ordered the assassination of the Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, and 1993, when Escobar was finally killed, Sebastián was exposed to violence from many sides. Sebastián was born Juan Pablo Escobar in 1977 but was granted a name change shortly after his father’s death for security reasons. The idea of making “Sins of My Father” first came about around the end of 2005, when I had an opportunity to meet Sebastián Marroquin, the only son of Pablo Escobar. An interview with JUAN PABLO ESCOBAR|(now Juan Sebastian Marroquín Santos).Teenagers, Violence and Crime in Brazil.Restavèks and Child Trafficking in Haiti.Breaking the Silence|The story of Colombian Drug Kingpin Escobar through the Eyes of his Son.Teenagers in Conflict with the Law and Justice in Brazil.Security and Governance in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding|The Office and Rule of Law and Security Institutions (ORoLSI).FBI Outreach Program Promotes Child Safety, Identification.The Role of Civil Societies on Youth Empowerment in Post-War Sierra Leone.High School Cybercriminals Wreaking Havoc|Why Are More Youths Committing Online Crime?.Current Issues in Youth Suicide|A Global Address and an East-West Comparison.
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