Table Of Content

Cover Page: i About the Author Page: i Title Page Page: v Copyright Page: vi Dedication Page: vii Contents Page: vii Introduction Page: 3 Part One: Days of Innocence and Reverie Page: 11 The Kingdom of White Gold Page: 13 Presidential Aspirations Page: 36 Ask Me for Anything! Page: 51 Death to Kidnappers! Page: 65 Part Two: Days of Splendor and Fear Page: 79 The Caress of a Revolver Page: 81 Two Future Presidents and Twenty Love Poems Page: 93 The Lover of El Libertador Page: 112 In the Devil’s Arms Page: 126 A Lord and a Drug Lord Page: 135 The Seventh-Richest Man in the World Page: 153 Cocaine Blues Page: 175 Not That Pig Who’s Richer Than Me! Page: 198 Under the Sky of Nápoles Page: 231 That Palace in Flames Page: 256 Tarzan Versus Pancho Villa Page: 285 How Quickly You Forgot Paris! Page: 317 A Diamond and a Farewell Page: 347 Part Three: Days of Absence and Silence Page: 377 The Cuban Connection Page: 379 The King of Terror Page: 405 There’s a Party in Hell Today Page: 445 Illustrations Page: 1

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Now a major motion picture! Pablo Escobar was one of the most terrifying criminal minds of the last century. In the decade before his death in 1993, he reigned as the head of a multinational cocaine industry and brought the Colombian state to its knees, killing thousands of politicians, media personalities, police, and unarmed citizens. In the 1980s, Virginia Vallejo was Colombia’s most famous television celebrity: a top-rated anchorwoman and a twice-divorced socialite who had been courted by the country’s four wealthiest men. In 1982, she interviewed Pablo Escobar on her news program, and soon after, they began a discreet—albeit stormy—romantic relationship. During their five-year affair, Escobar would show Vallejo the vulnerability of presidents, senators, and military leaders seeking to profit from the drug trade. From Vallejo’s privileged perspective and her ability to navigate the global corridors of wealth and high society, Escobar gained the insight to master his manipulation ofColombia’s powerful elite and media. Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar chronicles the birth of Colombia’s drug cartels: the kidnappers, the guerilla groups, and the paramilitary organizations. It is, above everything, a great love story—a deep and painful journeythrough a forbidden relationship—that gives us an intimate vision of thelegendary drug baron who left his mark on Colombia, Latin America, the United States, and the world forever.