After the death of Pablo Escobar, his wife and children took refuge in Argentina for several years, until some of them decided to reveal many of their secrets through books.
For her part, his widow, Victoria Eugenia Henao, who changed her name to María Isabel Santos, published the work. My life and imprisonment with Pablo Escobarwhere he recounted the most tense moments he had with his boss.
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Added to this, The woman from Antioquia claimed she was abused by her husband, whom she claimed to love even though she knew he took advantage of her at the time due to their age difference..
Another aspect that aroused curiosity is that the president’s wife claimed that she found in buying artworks a refuge to escape from the war that her husband was waging against the Colombian state, but she did not mention what happened to the pieces that she acquired at that time.
Regarding the art collection of Pablo Escobar, the news was the arrest of a Swedish national who conned several people, selling them fake works supposedly owned by the leader of the Medellin cartel.
Likewise, in September 2025, In Villa de Estepona, Spain, a criminal network was discovered that counterfeited works of art that were sold under the pretext that they were the collection of Pablo Escobar..
The authorities in Spain stated that during an operation they were able to seize many of these plates that were delivered with forged certificates.
He added: “They searched on social networks for unknown artists who were replicating works, and paid them 1,000 euros. Then, using a trademark, they sold them for millions of dollars.” Malaga today Spanish police inspector Oscar Garcia.
It is estimated that the criminal structure was able to record about 200 sales of counterfeit works, not counting the pieces currently being negotiated.. One of the researchers told the aforementioned media: “Each painting had its own certificate. We found about 136 paintings, but the collection may exceed 200.”
In conversation with Clarion, Victoria Eugenia Henao expected that one of her short-term projects would be to publish a book in which she would tell the truth about the business she had bought at that time with money from the Medellin Cartel..
The president’s widow preferred not to reveal details of the delivery, only expecting the stories to be new.
It should be remembered that in My life and imprisonment with Pablo Escobar, Antioqueña already expected that ““Art occupied a prominent place in my daily life”; He also confirmed that he did not have any of the works in his possession.
“I do not feel discouraged, but rather nostalgic. Amazing works of art passed through my hands that I truly believed would accompany me throughout my life, allowing me, for a time, to live in an exciting world that gave me a lot of satisfaction,” the aforementioned book says.
It is estimated that the Escobar Henao family collection included works by Salvador Dali, Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and several Colombian artists, such as Fernando Botero and Alejandro Obregón.
The stories about the artworks were confirmed because in the photographs shown by Edgar “El Chino” Jiménez, Pablo Escobar’s private photographer, it was noted that the president had the paintings on his property as decoration.
Moreover, in the book Art and drug traffickingwritten by Fernando Salamanca, The author mentioned stories in galleries of business executives purchasing works of art, which included occasions in which criminals were duped into paying millions of dollars for counterfeit pieces..
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