Decades after the death of Pablo Escobar, renewed interest in the life of the world's legendary drug baron has emerged. Thanks to the recent revelations of his son Sebastian Marroquin.
In 2008, the former Juan Pablo Escobar has returned to Colombia for the first time to meet the sons of Rodrigo Lara Bonilla and Carlos Luis Galan. He said: "How do you write to a family that your own father hurt so much? How do you open a conversation?" Bonilla (a former justice minister) and Galan (a popular politician and presidential candidate) are among the many individuals that the older Escobar have ordered to be assassinated.
Marroquin has assumed moral responsibility for the sins of his father and asking for forgiveness is a vital step forward. Meeting the sons of the two politicians has humbled him.
"We are all victims. We have nothing to forgive you because you are not Pablo Escobar," the sons of the victims told Sebastian.
Juan Pablo has assumed a new identity when he settled in Argentina's capital city Buenos Aires as an architect and industrial engineer. While his entire family has been forced to flee Colombia after the drug lord was killed, it is his father's dark legacy that has led him to live in silence after all these years.
As he gradually comes out in the open to piece together the first 17 years of his life under Pablo Escobar's notoriety, Marroquin has finally come to understand the two lives of Colombia's narcotics multi-billionaire.
This week, the English translation of the book, "Pablo Escobar, My Father," has been published in the U.S. Details about the notorious figure have painted a man who showered his family with unconditional love and luxury but at the same time, inflicted terrible suffering on so many people.
Interestingly, the release of Marroquin's book comes at a time when a side of America's entertainment industry is keen in reviving Escobar's life as a drug kingpin.
Last summer, the TV series entitled "Narcos" is among the top rated screen episodes. Season 2 is on the way and Netflix intends to heighten its share with the international audience. The show presents a fictionalized story about Escobar that is grounded in actual events.
TV producers are not the only ones raring to get into the drug baron's biography. In July, Broad Green Pictures has launched "The Infiltrator," a movie about a US Customs official who unveiled a money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
