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Culture May 18, 2017
Pablo Escobar and Family (Photo via Instagram/@culturanarco)Pablo Escobar’s children, Manuela Escobar and Sebastian Marroquin, are nothing like their fictional counterparts on Netflix’s “Narcos.”
If you’re a “Narcos” fan, you already know to take the events on the show with a grain of salt. Even if they are based on true events, that doesn’t mean everything that happens is factual.
We already know that Pablo Escobar’s wife, Maria Victoria Henao, didn’t play the same role Tata Escobar does in “Narcos.” In reality, Henao and Pablo Escobar’s daughter and son lived in fear of revenge attacks. And after Pablo’s death, his family moved around, seeking refuge in various countries.
But what’s happened since then?
Most of the articles written about Manuela are dated and about her speculated inheritance. Other stories written about her also mention how her father allegedly burned $2 million to keep her warm.
Basically, all the public really knows is that she went into hiding with the rest of her family. After Escobar’s death, Manuela also changed her name to Juana Manuela Marroquin Santos. The three of them traveled to Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique before finally ending up in Argentina.
Since then, Manuela Escobar has remained a somewhat mysterious figure, retreating from the public eye.
From her birth in 1984 to her father’s death in 1993, Manuela was the light of Pablo Escobar’s world. Escobar’s living acquaintances remember Manuela as her father’s little princess.
Once, when Manuela asked how much a billion dollars was, Escobar responded saying, “The value of your eyes, my princess.” In addition, Escobar allegedly forced one of his mistresses to abort her baby because he had promised Manuela that she would be the last of his line.
And though people wonder about Manuela Escobar’s net worth, it’s hard to tell. We do know, however, that the Colombian government seized Pablo Escobar’s assets after his death.
Sebastian, whose name was changed from Juan Pablo Escobar, became an architecture in Argentina.
Then in 2009, he took part in Nicolas Entel’s documentary titled “Sins of My Father.” This film followed Sebastian as he sought reconciliation with the children of politicians Escobar had killed. “Sins of My Father” was meant to send the message that the violence ended with Escobar’s generation.
In 2014, Sebastian released “Pablo Escobar: My Father” in 2014. Here, he revealed the softer side of what Colombia and the rest of the world had come to know as the murderous drug lord.
“My idea was a personal decision to tell the story in the first person with the intent of telling the truth about what happened during those days,” he told Mail Online. “This is not an apology I’m making for the crimes of my father but a very deep and painful reflection.”
After watching the second season of “Narcos,” he posted what he calls 28 factual errors in the season. On his Facebook post, he claims that the inaccurate representation of Pablo Escobar and his family “insults the history of an entire generation as well as many victims and families.”
And among these inaccuracies, Sebastian says his uncle Carlos Henao was never involved in the drug trade. Instead, Carlos was an honest, noble and hard worker.
So for those of you wondering what actually happened in Pablo Escobar’s life, Sebastian Marroquin seems to have some of the answers.
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