“60 Minutes Australia” interviewed Juan Pablo Escobar, the son of the infamous Colombian drug lord. The son of the cartel boss revealed that for him, his father was not the brutal and maniacal killer, but rather he was a loving father (There might be over 3,000 dead people who would disagree). Even though his family was constantly on the run and people were trying to assassinate them all of the time, Juan said that life as an Escobar was pretty dope.
On #60Mins, Tara Brown goes one-on-one with the son of the most notorious drug lord on the planet, Pablo Escobar: https://t.co/CuD6jCp8de pic.twitter.com/gedhPvx9mH
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
“I was willing to give my life for him,” said Juan. He said growing up as the son of the most wanted drug lord in the world was “like living in Disneyland. Giraffe’s, elephants, motorcycles, a lot of things to do and a lot of money to spend.” Don’t forget the coke. Literally tons and tons of cocaine.
8.00 TONIGHT on #60Mins | The son of a monster. Inside the world of the most notorious drug lord on the planet, Pablo Escobar. pic.twitter.com/DdANVRjATS
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
Juan, who is now an architect living in Argentina, also revealed that the last time he spoke to his father was 10 minutes before he died and that Pablo Escobar killed himself.
December 2nd 1993 – the day after his 44th birthday – an ever more isolated and desperate Pablo Escobar rang his 16-year-old son repeatedly. pic.twitter.com/a55Owg0aSF
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
Juan said his father’s worst decision was to get into politics, and if he hadn’t have done that his son believes that Pablo Escobar would still be alive today.
"It was his worst decision in life." Escobar's empire was destroyed when he tried to legitimise his wealth & power by becoming a politician. pic.twitter.com/aOPxSCgCZm
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
Juan Pablo Escobar returns to the Monaco Building, his childhood home that was destroyed by a 1,500-pound car bomb in an attempt to murder Pablo Escobar. He said that Los Pepes, a vigilante group of enemies of Pablo Escobar, killed more than 2,000 people in a campaign against the Medellin Cartel. “They were trying to destroy anything that has a little smell of Pablo Escobar,” Juan said. He also said that he is not proud of his family name, but he is proud of the love his family had and the love he received from his father.
Juan Pablo Escobar returns to the Monaco Building – the home destroyed by a 700kg car bomb in a terror attack against his father. #60Mins pic.twitter.com/7UDZ3LJ5Oa
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
He was asked if part of him hates his father and he responded by saying, “No. No there’s no chance I could hate my father.”
Pablo Escobar, the one time Narco King, was certainly a cold and calculating killer. But to his family he was also a warm and loving man. pic.twitter.com/yz1ahHQXLo
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) November 20, 2016
It must have been fun for Juan to ride around with a bumper sticker on his car that said, “My Dad Can Have Your Dad Executed And Given A Colombian Bow-Tie”