The once lavish home of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will soon be publicly auctioned with a starting price of 7.7 billion Colombian pesos, or US$2.1 million. ‘La Manuela’ in Antioquia is believed to be named after Escobar’s daughter and has fallen into decay after the downfall of its former owner. The proceeds of the estate’s sale will compensate the victims of drug trafficking and fund social projects in violence-affected areas, say the Colombian government, who last year also transferred former