“My father should not be presented as a success story because he could never make a profit at anything,” the son of former drug lord Pablo Escobar said Thursday, lamenting the fact that many young people dream of following in his father’s footsteps. to attention in the series on Netflix, reports AFP.

Invited by the municipality of Santiago to the Transparency Council, Sebastián Marroquin sharply criticized the “drug culture” promoted, in his opinion, by the mass media and series such as “The Boss of Evil”.

“Today, 30 years after his death, Pablo Escobar generates more information than during his lifetime,” he said during a conference in the Chilean capital.

He complained about the glorification of criminal activities and the character of Pablo Escobar, stating that now “a lot of young people write to me: ‘I saw the movie, I saw the series and I want to be like your father.’

Sebastian Marroquin, born Juan Pablo Escobar, adopted this identity at the age of 16 when he fled to Buenos Aires with his family after the death of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar, who was killed by Colombian security forces in 1993.

“My father cannot be set as an example of success, because he could never profit from anything. I feel much richer than my father because I am a free man,” he said, adding that he is now friends with most of the children of drug dealers who were enemies of his father and has apologized to hundreds of his victims.

Asked how he thought the drug trade and the violence it spawned could be stopped, he said he was in favor of legalizing drug use because “the whole prohibition mechanism created that context.”