Pablo Escobar 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. Her book inspired the movie "Loving Pablo" (2017). Drug distributor Griselda Blanco is also reported to have conducted a clandestine, but passionate, relationship with Escobar, with several items in her later-found diary linking him with the nicknames "Coque de Mi Rey" (My Coke King) and "Polla Blanca" (White Dick). After becoming wealthy, Escobar created or bought numerous residences
Pablo Escobar fragmentation of the Medellín Cartel, the cocaine market became dominated by the rival Cali Cartel until the mid-1990s when its leaders were either killed or captured by the Colombian government. The Robin Hood image that Escobar had cultivated maintained a lasting influence in Medellín. Many there, especially many of the city's poor whom Escobar had aided while he was alive, mourned his death, and over 25,000 people attended his funeral. Some of them consider him a saint and pray to him for receiving divine help. On July 4, 2006, Virginia Vallejo, the television anchorwoman who was romantically involved with Escobar