I think it's a myth that one cannot leave any organization once you've entered one. Juan Pablo Escobar More Quotes by Juan Pablo Escobar More Quotes From Juan Pablo Escobar I think these discussions with my father even gave the label of pacifist, particularly with my father, and he mentions this when he turns himself in to prison at La Catedral when he dedicates his action to his 14-year-old pacifist son. Juan Pablo Escobar father son thinking When I started thinking about plans to avenge [my father], I realized I was only going to become someone worse than him, someone worse than the person I had so often criticized. I was going against my own principles. And yes, people tell me that it was a tremendous life decision in the span of 10 minutes but I just say, what else was there to think of? Juan Pablo Escobar father people thinking I think [Pablo Escobar] wasted an incredibly opportunity which was when he stayed at the prison he made, La Catedral. It was the one chance that the government and the people of Colombia gave him to confess his illicit activities and to remain in one place with very favorable conditions. Juan Pablo Escobar government opportunity thinking It's a shame to see drug dealers enter and leave the United States as if nothing in addition to those that purchase weapons and firearms. Juan Pablo Escobar united-states drug weapons It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, which I never considered valid because there is not an excuse for violence. Juan Pablo Escobar violence stories father I was talking to my father via phone from my hotel room when he said "I will call you right back" before he hung up. 10 minutes pass and the phone rings again. I thought it was him but it was a journalist telling me my father had died. Juan Pablo Escobar phones talking father In reality, my father [Pablo Escobar ] always interrupted others to be with his family. My father's priority was always the family. Juan Pablo Escobar priorities father reality Yes, of course my father harmed and caused a lot of damage but both stories are true. He did things to help and destroy Colombia, both are true. Juan Pablo Escobar damage stories father Sadly, [Pablo Escobar] ended up throwing away the one opportunity he had. I naively thought, as a son and as many other Colombians, that he would take this opportunity to make amends with the country. Juan Pablo Escobar opportunity country son Clearly, something I am grateful for today is that my father had the strength to recognize and tell me about his activities instead of selling me a fabricated story. I think that helped us build a relationship based on trust. Juan Pablo Escobar grateful father thinking What we experience in Colombia is fratricide, we fight ourselves and it demonstrates the priority of hatred over peace and reconciliation. Juan Pablo Escobar priorities fighting hatred I did not like [Pablo Escobar] actions because I did not think it was right to have bombs placed in a non-discriminatory fashion throughout the entire country. Juan Pablo Escobar fashion country thinking My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence. Juan Pablo Escobar violence use father To be quite honest my country [Colombia] still shows that it can be intolerant. Juan Pablo Escobar colombia honest country What I criticize is the message that the United States is sending to the youth of the world - to those of us who invite people to leave the ways of violence and the drug trade, we are not given a visa but those that sell drugs and weapons, yes. Juan Pablo Escobar drug people world I did not begin to talk about peace when my father died nor did I begin to criticize him at that point - I did this when I had him in front of me, I was one of his harshest criticizers and I never applauded his violence. Juan Pablo Escobar criticize violence father [My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk to the youth about not repeating [Pablo Escobar's] story because I am a consequence of what he did and I have not changed my stance on violence since we talked about it. Juan Pablo Escobar hug stories father The pictures I have been sent that display my father in places around the world such as the metro in Barcelona or downtown Los Angeles, I cannot understand the amount of publicity that has been given to my father in addition to the message that is spread because of this. Juan Pablo Escobar around-the-world publicity father When I was 7 years old and my father [Pablo Escobar] tells me "my profession is that of a bandido (a bandit) that is what I do" - these are the words he tells me after the assassination of the Minister of Justice ordered by my father himself in 1984 - it's very difficult to react to that when you are only 7 years old because you don't realize the significance of the word bandido. Juan Pablo Escobar justice father years Regrettably, to deactivate an entire cartel also proved to be a difficult task for my father and with all the enemies he had, even more. Juan Pablo Escobar tasks father enemy
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