Valeria Velez Pablo Escobar Interview
She was murdered by los pepes for being pablo s whore in 1993.
Valeria velez pablo escobar interview. She says her book aims to show the good the bad and the ugly side of pablo escobar so people can understand him and the evolution of our relationship. In 1982 virginia vallejo caused something of a national sensation in her home country of colombia. On the netflix show narcos valeria velez is a colombian journalist who carries on a years long affair with drug lord pablo escobar while he builds his empire and makes a short lived foray into. I was hooked on the king of cocaine.
Now as penelope cruz plays her in a movie virginia vellejo reveals the reason she now. Valeria velez worked as a news anchor during the early 1980s and in 1981 she interviewed the famous cartel boss pablo escobar forming a romantic relationship with him. On 18 july 2006 the dea took her out of colombia in a special flight to save her life and cooperate with the department of justice in high profile cases after she had publicly signaled several. Valeria velez died 1993 was a colombian journalist who had a romantic relationship with medellin cartel boss pablo escobar from 1981 to 1991.
The national tv journalist named valeria velez who became escobar s lover and helped engineer his public persona as a. In narcos valeria velez is killed. Hating escobar will be released in english in 2016. Viewers of narcos will remember the character molded after vallejo.
In fact you should be hearing more from the real valeria velez in the next few months or year. She was the aristocratic tv reporter sent to interview pablo escobar. The 33 year old socialite journalist and tv personality had starred in a series of ads for medias di lido pantyhose which captivated the nation and brought her to the attention of someone who would soon outrank her in terms of celebrity.