The widow and son of cocaine cartel leader
Pablo Escobar have been charged with money laundering in Argentina - and have
each had assets worth $1 million seized.
Victoria Henao and her
son Juan Pablo Escobar Henao are accused of being part of a criminal
organisation and intermediaries in Argentina for Colombian drug dealer Jose
Piedrahita.
The pair, whose
characters were portrayed in the hit Netflix series Narcos, will remain free
while the case proceeds, said Argentina's official judicial news agency.
They can appeal the
decision by local judge Nestor Barral, who also ordered the seizing of some of
their assets for about $1 million each. Former Colombia soccer international
Mauricio Serna was also charged.
Serna is a former
midfielder who helped Boca Juniors win South America's Copa Libertadores in
2000 and 2001. The team won the 2000 Intercontinental Cup by beating Real
Madrid. He was a regular with Colombia's national team.
All three are accused
of being intermediaries for Piedrahita, laundering money through real estate
and a cafe known for its Tango performances.
Piedrahita was arrested
in Colombia in September and is wanted for extradition to the US.
The Escobar family fled
to Mozambique after the feared Medellin drug lord was shot dead by police in
1993, but later settled in Argentina.
Escobar's widow changed
her name to Maria Isabel Santos Caballero and his son now goes by Juan
Sebastian Marroquin Santos - having reportedly chosen the name at random from a
a telephone book.
The story of their
earlier lives with Escobar was dramatized in the first two series of Netflix
show Narcos, which follows the cartel kingpin and the DEA agents who pursued
him throughout the late 1970s to early 1990s until his death, at 44.
One million soles is about $100 dollars, que nó?
ReplyDeletePuro tiatro.
It’s 1 million dollars
DeleteSo where are the caletas of el señor Pablo or did the police and us stole all his money
ReplyDeleteI guess its in the blood.
ReplyDeleteLove it. They hsve billions. They will walk. Ja ja. Ctm
ReplyDeleteOld habits die hard...
ReplyDeleteThis sucks it looks like popeye talked damm can't trust no one
ReplyDelete1 USD dollar is about 25.27 argentinian pesos, after all his billions of dollars got stolen, Pablo's family can live off the charity of strangers, no?
ReplyDeleteAfter all US billionaire casino owners get away with trillions of dollars in offshore and US money laundering TAX FREE AND UNINSPECTED, they got a better deal than International money laundering banksters,
Sheldon Adel son just bankrolled the Republican party with a big chunk of millions this year only as he does on every election that helps him triplicate OR BETTER his political investments all the time.
In the name of gambling more and more money get squeezed out with impunity than by banking, (looks like), and it just gets parked there until needed to break the bank here and there...
Of all the bs interviews pablos son did where he complains of his fathers illicit activities and how he wants nothing but a clean life. All bs.
ReplyDeleteLmaooo I know right. How he doesn't want that legacy put on him. He almost asked for the attention by trying to deny it so obviously like RCQ
DeleteLooks like he ran of daddy’s money gotta get his ass to work! Lol
ReplyDeleteAssets were worth $1 million USD. Not soles.
ReplyDeleteIs people dealing in dollars or argentinian pesos in argentina?
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