Pablo Escobar's son seeks forgiveness for his father's sins

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Colombian expatriate is confronting drug lord's legacy of evil.
By Juan Forero
THE WASHINGTON POST
Thursday, December 10, 2009

... His son, who was born Juan Pablo Escobar, is today known as Sebastian Marroquin, a name he randomly selected out of Bogota's phone book when he was on the run from his father's rivals. The budding architect is 32, married to a woman he has known since childhood and lives in a small apartment in Buenos Aires ...

When Argentine director Nicolas Entel approached him to go public with his story for the first time, to reach out to the families of his father's victims, he agreed ...

"Colombia is a country in which circles of violence tend to run for generations," said Entel ...

"His letter was an act of humanity," said Lara Restrepo, 34, now a senator. "We thought that we had to respond with another act of humanity" ...

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