His brother, Roberto Escobar, denies this, instead claiming that the gravestones came from cemetery owners whose clients had stopped paying for site care, and that he had a relative who had a monuments business.
Hans bror, Roberto Escobar, benægter dette og hævder i stedet at gravstenene kom fra kirkegårdsejere, hvis klienter havde holdt op med at betale for pleje af gravstederne, og at han havde en slægtning, der havde en monumentvirksomhed.