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Pablo Escobar’s Son Publishes a Comic About His Childhood: “I Conscience, Netflix Glorifies”

Summary by El Pais
Juan Pablo Escobar (Medellín, 48) may have one of the most difficult legacies to manage. His father’s legacy, Pablo Escobar, marked by violence and the frightening figure of 5,500 dead during the rise of the Medellín cartel, between 1989 and 1993. He accompanies him in his name, in the films, in the series and in the books. In his crusade to confront his past and tell his version of the story, he now resorts to the comic book format. Escobar, a …

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Juan Pablo Escobar returns with 'A Criminal Education' to the 1980s, when his father's minions and hitmen were also his nannies.

·Barcelona, Spain
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Juan Pablo Escobar presents in Barcelona the autobiographical comic 'Escobar. A criminal education', about his cruel childhood

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Juan Pablo Escobar (Medellín, 48) may have one of the most difficult legacies to manage. His father’s legacy, Pablo Escobar, marked by violence and the frightening figure of 5,500 dead during the rise of the Medellín cartel, between 1989 and 1993. He accompanies him in his name, in the films, in the series and in the books. In his crusade to confront his past and tell his version of the story, he now resorts to the comic book format. Escobar, a …

·Spain
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Juan Pablo Escobar, son of Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, presented in Barcelona his graphic novel Escobar, a criminal education published by Norma Editorial, in which he reviews his childhood marked by violence and the figure of his father. “With this work I want to show that my father’s story is not a success story. I am aware, while Netflix glorifies,” he said during a press conference. Architect and writer Escobar explained that th…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
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