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Escobar's 'pacifist' son revisits horrors of past

The drugs trade still flourishes at Medellin where these cocaine bricks were seized last month. Photo / AP

Juan Escobar was a teenager when he first challenged his father, the most notorious and brutal drug lord in Colombia's history. "I confronted him about the deaths attributed to him on the TV news," he recalls now. Full Article at New Zealand Herald

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  1. Sebastian Marroquin (L), son of Colombia's late drug lord Pablo Escobar, and Argentinian director Nicolas Entel pose during the premiere of the documentary "Sins of My Father" in Bogota December 9, 2009.
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