Pablo Escobar Virginia Vallejo Relationship

They became lovers although their relationship ended in 1987 because jealous escobar felt she cheated on him.

Pablo escobar virginia vallejo relationship. Virginia vallejo garcía born 26 august 1949 is a colombian author journalist television director anchorwoman media personality socialite and political asylee in the united states of america. According to pablo escobar s son the affair ended badly after escobar learned he was not her only lover. Virginia vallejo has revealed all about pablo escobar in her bestselling memoir loving pablo hating escobar reports the mirror. Pablo escobar fell in love with virginia vallejo on screen after watching her in a famous commercial he gave an ultimatum that he wanted to have her despite being legally married to his wife maria victoria henao.

She was the first journalist to have the dubious honour. Recalled that the last time he saw her was outside the gate of one of his father s estates where she remained sobbing for hours because the guards refused to let her in. Her book inspired the movie loving pablo 2017. Virginia vallejo said she loathed escobar who was shot dead nearly 25 years ago after slaughtering hundreds of innocent people while waging war on colombia s government.

On 18 july 2006 the dea took her out of colombia in a special flight to save her life and cooperate with the department of justice in high profile cases after she had publicly signaled several. Filmed at the medellín garbage dump the interview garnered criticism as people thought that it humanized escobar who during the interview extensively talked about his charity project medellín. I m pablo escobar this was virginia vallejo s introduction in 1982 to the man who became the world s most infamous drug lord and her lover for six turbulent years. Vallejo even wrote a book about her relationship with escobar between the period when he was still considered a legitimate politician and businessman in 1981 and when his.

Vallejo s relationship with escobar ended in 1987. In 2007 the journalist virginia vallejo published her memoir amando a pablo odiando a escobar loving pablo hating escobar in which she describes her romantic relationship with escobar and the links of her lover with several presidents caribbean dictators and high profile politicians. Virginia vallejo interviewed drug lord and narco terrorist pablo escobar in january 1983 and was the first journalist to have the dubious honour.