Loving Pablo to the story of Escobar. Loving Pablo Loving Pablo is a 2017 English-language Spanish drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, based on Virginia Vallejo's memoir "Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar". It was screened Out of Competition in the 74th Venice International Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Between 1983 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had an affair with journalist and television presenter, Virginia Vallejo. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 30% based on 46 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 4.7/10.
Pablo Escobar joined the manhunt for Escobar. They trained and advised a special Colombian police task force known as the Search Bloc, which had been created to locate Escobar. Later, as the conflict between Escobar and the governments of the United States and Colombia dragged on, and as the numbers of Escobar's enemies grew, a vigilante group known as "Los Pepes" (Los Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar, "People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar") was formed. The group was financed by his rivals and former associates, including the Cali Cartel and right-wing paramilitaries led by Carlos Castaño, who would later fund the Peasant Self-Defense Forces