Slain drug lord Pablo Escobar's brother was seriously wounded Saturday by a letter bomb explosion in jail, radio reports said.
Caracol radio said Roberto Escobar was wounded in an eye, the chest, face and hands when the letter bomb addressed to him blew up at the Itagui jail on the outskirts of Medellin. His wounds were not life-threatening, Caracol said.Two prison guards were seriously wounded, radio reports said.
Pablo Escobar, the leader of the Medellin cocaine cartel, was killed Dec. 2 by security forces in Medellin.
A death squad has threatened the drug lord's family. The group - called People Persecuted By Pablo Escobar - is allegedly composed of members of the rival Cali drug cartel, police and former associates of Escobar.
The Itagui jail holds a dozen suspected members of the Medellin cartel.