Pablo Escobar the detained after the siege. Vallejo would subsequently testify in Galán's assassination. In her book, "Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar" (Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar), she had accused several politicians, including Colombian presidents Alfonso López Michelsen, Ernesto Samper and Álvaro Uribe of having links to drug cartels. Due to threats, and her cooperation in these cases, on June 3, 2010 the United States granted political asylum to the Colombian journalist. Escobar's widow (María Henao, now María Isabel Santos Caballero), son (Juan Pablo, now Juan Sebastián Marroquín Santos) and daughter (Manuela) fled Colombia in 1995 after failing to find a country
Pablo Escobar by the Colombian government. Escobar was listed as a part of "Los Extraditables". Hostages were also taken for negotiation of their release, thus helping to prevent extradition of "Los Extraditables" to the U.S. for their crimes. During the height of its operations, the Medellín Cartel brought in more than US $70 million per day (roughly $26 billion in a year). Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more than half a billion dollars, into the United States, the cartel spent over US $1,000 per week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash, storing most of it in