![]() ![]() But his next book will shed more light on the matter, with a working title of The Secret Of The Missing Millions. “I know it’s not all in cash and he had time to convert it into other things,” is the only clue he offers. When Patrick was on his deathbed, he gave him a piece of paper with lines of codes which, he said, revealed the secret hiding place of Escobar’s “missing millions”, the money he was tucking away. In 1993, both his adoptive father and his birth father died (Patrick had Motor Neurone Disease Escobar was shot dead by police in Medellín). “There was total disbelief and some unprintable language when he told me, but I don’t think at 24 I was old enough to take it all in.” Well, you can’t do that without help from governments, and that’s what my story’s about really.” It doesn’t tell you how a school dropout, who could hardly read and write, suddenly becomes the world’s greatest billionaire drug smuggler. ![]() But the problem with it is, it tells you that suddenly there is this 25-year-old super-hard-case drug dealer. The Netflix hit series Narcos may have brought Pablo Escobar back into the spotlight, but his son says the portrayal is quite different from the real criminal he describes in his new book, Son Of Escobar. Today, Phillip Witcomb (his adopted name) is an acclaimed fine artist living with his wife in a remote farm on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. The baby, Escobar’s first-born son, was rescued and adopted by the MI6 agent who led the mission. Roberto Sendoya Escobar was in a cot beside his teenage mother when she was killed in a shoot-out during a secret mission led by a British MI6 agent to recover a cash hoard from a safe house used by a young criminal, Pablo Escobar, the man who would become the world’s most notorious drugs lord. He has been witness to gun violence, a victim of attempted kidnappings, and has a birth heritage that would make some shudder. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Information An icon of an information logo. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. ![]() Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. ![]()
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