“I was perhaps one of the few people that were not part of [Pablo Escobar] group of yes-men because I was not a direct beneficiary of the violence that his actions generated.” PeopleMenActionViolenceGroupsDirectBeneficiariesPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I think [Pablo Escobar] wasted an incredibly opportunity which was when he stayed at the prison he made, La Catedral. It was the one chance that the government and the people of Colombia gave him to confess his illicit activities and to remain in one place with very favorable conditions.” PeopleThinkingMadeGovernmentOpportunityChanceConditionsActivityPrisonColombiaOne ChancePablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“It's important to learn from the past and people's experiences, not only from my father's [Pablo Escobar] as a drug dealer, but from others that have ended just the way he did.” PeopleWayImportantPastFatherDrugDealerDrug DealersLearn From The PastPablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I am surprised that many people disregard the fact that the end for almost all drug dealers ends up being the cemetery or the jail cell, we do not know of any case where a drug dealer has "retired"” PeopleKnowsEndsFactsCasesDrugCellsJailRetiredDisregardDealerCemeteryDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“When one is that powerful and one think life will last like that forever, it is simply the most ephemeral thing. I don't think these sons and daughters of drug dealers are contributing to a lasting peace nor to human values that add to our society. They're delivering the message of riches and power that comes at the cost of people's lives and health and they incentivize young people to follow this model.” PeopleThinkingHumansLastsYoungValuesPowerfulForeverSonCostDrugMessagesModelsDaughterAddRichesOur SocietyLastingContributingDealerDeliveringEphemeralHuman ValuesSon And DaughterDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I am a free man but only partially so relative to other people in society. Why do I say "partially free"? Because there is only one country in the world that denies me entrance because of who my father was and that is the United States.” PeopleMenWorldCountryStatesFatherUnitedUnited StatesDenyRelativeFree ManEntrances Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“What I criticize is the message that the United States is sending to the youth of the world - to those of us who invite people to leave the ways of violence and the drug trade, we are not given a visa but those that sell drugs and weapons, yes.” PeopleWorldWayStatesGivenUnitedUnited StatesViolenceYouthDrugMessagesWeaponsTradeSellsCriticizeInvitesVisa Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“When I started thinking about plans to avenge [my father], I realized I was only going to become someone worse than him, someone worse than the person I had so often criticized. I was going against my own principles. And yes, people tell me that it was a tremendous life decision in the span of 10 minutes but I just say, what else was there to think of?” PeopleThinkingPersonsFatherMy OwnDecisionPrinciplesPlansMinutesI RealizedLife Decision Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I can understand how people would despise my image and my father's persona. My father's image amongst the poorest of people, those forgotten by the state, still remains a respected image. Whether we like it or not, my father was an important figure who filled a vacuum left by the state amongst the lower social classes.” PeopleStillsI CanImportantStatesFatherLeftSocialClassFiguresRemainsFilledForgottenDespiseVacuumsPersonaPoorestSocial Class Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
