2023-07-28 18:06:48
Pablo Escobar is considered one of the most powerful drug traffickers in history. by controlling becoming the main exporter of cocaine to the United States in the 1980s.
His influence was so great that He came to venture into the world of soccer due to his passion for Club Atlético Nacional, historic team from the city of Medellín.
Following his foray into the world of sports, Pablo Escobar formed strong friendships with various athletesamong which his close relationship with the then Colombian goalkeeper René “El Loco” Higuita stands out.
The friendship between the two was so strong that even Higuita came to visit Escobar in prison Cathedral when the drug lord was imprisoned in 1991.
Faced with his controversial relationship with Pablo Escobar, René Higuita decided to break his silence and, through an interview with Semana, He provided new details on the repeated occasions in which he coincided with the dangerous drug trafficker.
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“I went to the Cathedral and I have always repeated it, if they give you love, you have to return that love and give that love… On the occasion that I went, I go out and they ask me: ‘Are you a friend of Pablo Escobar’?’, and I say yes, when everyone had denied it”revealed.
Evidence of the visits of Leonel Alvarez and Rene Higuita to Pablo Escobar in La Catedral. pic.twitter.com/F5Ry44QlZ6
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Higuita also mentioned that he met Pablo Escobar during the time when the then head of the Medellín Cartel was a House Representative, months before it was known that his fortune came from drug trafficking.
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“When we met Pablo, he was a congressman, then they take him to jail and everyone knows about his other activities. Those who really knew him begin to deny it. And we, who suddenly don’t, consider the value of friends, and we recognize it. At that time they said that I was the best friend ”assured the former footballer.
Finally, “El Loco” took the opportunity to respond to the accusations against him about his alleged relationship with illegal affairsinsisting that all his life he has acted in good faith and has nothing to hide.
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“If I had something illegal, I would not be showing my face, they would have convicted me for drug trafficking, for laundering dollars or, on the contrary, I would be being a politician (…) Let each one answer for their actions, if they are going to judge me because I am a friend of Pablo Escobar, because of rumors, I am paying for that friendship and I will continue paying for it “he concluded.
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