Paper Says Escobar Is Ready to Surrender
Fugitive cocaine king Pablo Escobar will surrender to Colombian authorities in the next few days, the Bogota newspaper El Tiempo said Sunday.
Escobar has been on the run since he and several aides escaped from a mountain prison near Medellin on July 22. They are wanted on charges of drug trafficking, extortion and terrorism.
Escobar said in written replies to a newspaper last week that he would consider surrender if the government guaranteed his safety and rights and let him stay in a prison in his home province of Antioquia. But Prosecutor General Gustavo de Greiff said his office had not negotiated with anyone.
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