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Article: Drug Lord's Lover Enthralls Colombia; Socialite Makes Allegations Against Elite
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- The Washington Post
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- October 1, 2006
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-- If history's most notorious drug trafficker was such a
lowlife, how did he manage to seduce a sophisticated socialite who
was a superstar model, actress and TV host?
The question has been obsessing Colombians ever since the former
lover of Pablo Escobar surfaced in the United States in July and
held up an unflattering mirror to Colombian society by detailing
alleged ties between the elite and organized crime.
In an hour-long statement broadcast on Colombia's RCN Television,
Virginia Vallejo alleged that Escobar, the leader of the Medellin
cocaine cartel until he was killed in a police raid in December
1993, had ties with various prominent Colombians, including two
former presidents. ...