Astrid María Legarda Martínez - The true life of Pablo Escobar

Rollo paid for his imprudence with a rifle shot. The first shot ripped off his right shoulder and the second broke his head in two pieces. The prostitutes were taken out of the hacienda by Paskin. The blonde, without saying goodbye and without looking back, left first. She knew she had something to do with the tragedy.

Pablo ordered Chopo to take Carlos Lehder to El Patrón’s hiding place in eastern Antioquia and to give him some bodyguards for protection. Since Lehder had his own group of killers in the San Pío de Itagüí District, he refused Pablo’s men, but accepted the hideout and two cars.

Chopo accompanied him up to a little farm near Guarne. He left Lehder the two cars and considered his mission accomplished. Orejitas and I, along with the hearse, made our way towards Itagüí to the Rincón District to take the lifeless body of our friend to his family. After three and a half hours, we arrived a block away from Rollo’s mother’s house. I asked Orejitas to come with me. The hearse waited for our signal. We walked towards the house I used to visit with Rollo. The door was open. The deceased’s mother was having a cheerful chat with her neighbors, accompanied by two of Rollo’s sisters. The old lady saw me and without saying hello, said at once, as if she knew what had happened, “No, not Rollo.”

She looked at me, waiting for me to confirm her suspicions. I nodded. She burst into tears and fainted. One of her daughters helped her up. The neighbors looked at her, astonished, no clue what had happened. I stood in the door and signaled the hearse to drive up.

When the hearse pulled up, the impact of what had just happened grew even stronger for Rollo’s family. When I had invited him up to the hacienda, his mother had said goodbye with prayers, and when she saw me come with Orejitas, her mother’s heart sensed the news. After a short gathering to give our condolences, we explained what had happened to our partner. We paid the hearse driver and looked for a cab. On our way, I asked Orejitas, “Did you notice he didn’t have his scapular?”

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People from Antioquia, Colombia.

A town located in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia.

A zone of Colombia located in Antioquia.

A village in Antioquia.

Poor districts of Medellín.

Elsy Sofia.

The biggest department store chain in Colombia.

Colombian Administrative Department of Security.

People from Antioquia, Colombia.

Capital City of the Department of Nariño, Colombia.

A common Colombian liquor.

Geographical area north of Antioquia.

Nápoles Estate.

Marching Patriotism.

A Medellín with No Urban Sprawl.

Liberal Renovation in Antioquia.

Drug lord, chief of the mob.

Saint Bartholomew School of Bogotá.

Institute for the Development of Natural Renewable Resources (Instituto de Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales Renovables).

Paradise.

High-class district of Medellín.

Alias of Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha.

Colombian insurgent group.

Jungle zone located near the border between Panama and Colombia.

On November 15, 1984, Hernán Botero was extradited. Alberto and Nayib Pabón Jatter, along with Marco Fidel Cadavid, became the first extraditable Colombians to the U.S. Hernán Botero was the owner of the Nutibara Hotel in Medellín, and the charge, which at that time was not a crime in Colombia, was money laundering.

Editor’s note: El Patrón, Pinina, and Oto related this experience to Popeye.

Notice that the money that Pablo offers, the five million, is in addition to the two million he has already agreed to, which would be delivered before the completion of the operation.

Former owner and director of El Espectador newspaper.

This statement has been confirmed by Popeye, and obviously must be from the period before the taking, a time of friendship between Ospina and Escobar.

Popeye confirmed that this money was paid to Iván Marino Ospina, having been handed over by Pinina as described. Pinina also showed Popeye the house to which he delivered the money hidden in the car. This money, requested to finance the taking, was obviously delivered before his death. The preparations for the operation took several months and that’s why he could have received it in spite of having died three months before the siege on the palace. Popeye is certain of this, and states that the Medellín Cartel’s accounts indicate this payment to the M-19 was received by Iván Marino Ospina. Editor’s note: The additional five million that Escobar offered was not paid, or at least Popeye has no knowledge of it; there is no indication of the transaction on the Medellín Cartel’s accounts.

The wagon.

Secret compartments used to hide things from authorities.

Street in the center of Medellín.

Capital city of the Department of Cordoba, Colombia.

El Espectador headline in Spanish: “Se le aguó la fiesta a los mafiosos.”

East Antioquia.

Third main city of Colombia.

Department of Colombia.