The Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar burned cash worth more than US$2 million ($2.8 million) to keep his daughter warm during a single night on the run, his son has claimed.
The infamous cocaine baron is said to have lit a bonfire using wads of US dollars at a
mountain hideout while he was being hunted by authorities.
Sebastian Marroquin, who has changed his name from Juan Pablo Escobar, claimed his father burned the notes when he realised his daughter Manuela was suffering from hypothermia.
Escobar's son told the Colombian magazine Don Juan the security-mad billionaire bought his own taxi firm to find out when outsiders arrived in their native Medellin.
He also moved his family every 48 hours between 15 hideaways.
