Escobar and his bodyguard were trying to escape via the roof of his hideout home when both died in a hail of gunfire. On December 2, 1993, Escobar was shot and killed by a group of U.S. Victoria and her children were put under around-the-clock surveillance and she claims authorities made their life a living hell. As a result, some of his countrymen helped Escobar avoid police capture by serving as lookouts.Īfter his cartel carried out hundreds (some say thousands) of murders, the Columbian government was finally able to put Escobar behind bars. He became a hero to many Columbians after he built homes, sports facilities and even distributed cash in impoverished communities. Victoria wasn’t alone in supporting Escobar. But Victoria would later claim all she cared about was her husband’s safety and wanted him to leave the deadly world of drug smuggling. Among his many holdings was a 7,000-acre estate complete with its own private zoo. With his cartel bringing in a whopping 70-million-dollars a day in drug profits, Pablo Escobar became the wealthiest criminal in history with an estimated worth of $30 billion (that’s about $40 billion in today’s money). He went on to form the infamous Medellín Cartel that, at one time, supplied about 80% of the U.S. While Victoria lived a quiet life at home, her husband was out establishing routes to smuggle cocaine into the United States. He also supposedly burned a couple of million dollars in cash to keep his family warm when the electricity went out. Money was no object and he allegedly once arranged for a unicorn (which only exists in fairytales) to be made from a horse as a gift to his daughter on her birthday. Victoria and Pablo had two children, and by all accounts, he would do anything for his family. She claims it was because he was the only man she ever loved. Some say it was because she didn’t want to leave her lavish lifestyle. He openly had a mistress and was often seen with other women. While Escobar was becoming more involved in the lucrative world of cocaine smuggling, he was also cheating on his wife. Maria Victoria Henao was under the spell of Pablo Escobar But she later claimed he“put a spell” on her. She was still in her teens, and it was against her religion.
Victoria says that she got her first taste of his temper when Escobar demanded she gets an abortion. What he apparently didn’t tell her was that he was working for various smugglers at the time and involved in kidnappings for ransom. She claims the man who made his fortune by harming others, dreamed initially of building schools for the poor. Hard to believe he would go on to become the most feared drug kingpin of his time. He was 11 years her senior and her family strongly disapproved of the union. Victoria was only 15 years old when she married Escobar, her self-proclaimed soulmate in March 1976. Here are 15 facts about what it was like to live alongside one of the world’s most dangerous men. As his widow and mother of his children, she has lived a life of both luxury and misery. Victoria Eugenia Henao was the wife of notorious Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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