You’re gonna hear some people call him Robin Hood,” Peña said. “Yes, he gave money to the poor, to the Catholic church, but he even had them fooled. It was the money that he was paying all these people [that blinded them to his actions]. Did Robin Hood put a bomb on a commercial airline? Did Robin Hood kill a presidential candidate? Did Robin Hood kill between ten to fifteen thousand? No, of course not.”

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So Javier Peña soon began working with “Search Bloc,” a special division within the Colombian police led by Colonel Hugo Martinez which was formed from the most trusted officers within the police. On 24 January 2018, Netflix released the 68-minute-long documentary Countdown to Death: Pablo Escobar directed by Santiago Diaz and Pablo Martin Farina. [100] [101] In the 1982 Colombian parliamentary election, Escobar was elected as an alternate member of the Chamber of Representatives as part of the Liberal Party. Through this, he was responsible for community projects such as the construction of houses and football fields, which gained him popularity among the locals of the towns that he frequented. However, Escobar's political ambitions were thwarted by the Colombian and U.S. governments, who routinely pushed for his arrest, with Escobar widely believed to have orchestrated the Avianca Flight 203 and DAS Building bombings in retaliation. American Made: Who Killed Barry Seal? Pablo Escobar or George HW Bush (2016), by Shaun Attwood, tells Pablo's story as a suspect in the murder of CIA pilot Barry Seal; ISBN 978-1537637198

Of course, with that kind of money came problems. To maintain his hold on the cocaine trade, Escobar had to make it clear that he would kill anyone who crossed him, including judges and government officials. Fleming, Michael (8 October 2007). "Stone to produce another 'Escobar' ". Variety . Retrieved 28 November 2007. We worked primarily with the police, and they were the guys that we trusted with our lives. They kept us alive when we were out doing operations,” Peña said.

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He fell into crime at an early age in the Colombian city of Medellín where he forged diplomas and report cards for high school students as a teenager. Soon, he graduated to stealing cars and sanding down tombstones from the local cemetery to resell them. Escobar, Roberto (2012). Escobar. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1848942912. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023 . Retrieved 19 May 2023.Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014) a romantic thriller in which a naive Canadian surfer falls in love with a girl who turns out to be Escobar's niece. Pablo Escobar: The King of Coke. National Geographic. 2007. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019 . Retrieved 10 September 2016. (La Peliculas) Furthermore, because Escobar had corrupted so many officers in the Colombian police and military, Peña was never sure who he could trust. Oftentimes, the people Peña worked with funneled information directly to Escobar.

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Fox Telecolombia produced in 2019 a TV Series, El General Naranjo, which aired on 24 May 2019, which Escobar is portrayed by the Colombian actor Federico Rivera. Often, the two talk about the drug wars that are still playing out, and note that—though much has changed since they became agents—the U.S. is leading the world in consumption of marijuana and cocaine. So as Peña and Murphy travel the world, they implore their audiences to come up with solutions. Neither of them are in favor of legalization, but without change, there’s nothing stopping another Escobar from rising to power again. Director Eric Newman has, in the past, spoken of his reluctance to "draw a picture of someone as inhuman" on screen - even villains like Pablo. Did you, at any point in your investigation, feel some sort of empathy for the human side of Pablo - or was he always a monster to you?Chepsiuk, Ron (1999). The War on Drugs: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. p.133. ISBN 978-0-87436-985-4. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022 . Retrieved 7 June 2022.

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Steve Murphy/ Texas Monthly Javier Peña and Steve Murphy sit outside of La Catedral following Pablo Escobar’s escape. Familiares exhumaron cadáver de Pablo Escobar para verificar plenamente su identidad". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 10 January 2016. In 2016, Teleset and Sony Pictures Television produced for RCN Televisión the TV Series En la boca del lobo, was released on 16 August 2016, which Escobar is portrayed by Fabio Restrepo (who portrayed Javier Ortiz in Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) as the character of Flavio Escolar. La Catedral,” as the prison was called, was more like a resort. Escobar had access to every comfort whilst inside. “Pablo Escobar had a suite,” Murphy later remembered. “He had a living room, a kitchen in one room, and the other consisted of a master bedroom and an office combination. The bathroom had its own jacuzzi. The prison itself contained its own discotheque, its own bar.” There’s a completely Shakespearean sort of design to the whole thing,” says Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal, who plays Peña. “The guy’s a king in so many different ways – a saint to some, a villain to others. I had my naive impressions of it all growing up in the 80s and the way it’s been fed to us through entertainment and movies and stuff, but then you really see the details of how he rose and ran things and it’s just … ”Peña vividly recalls standing next to Murphy, both watching helplessly as a helicopter carried the drug lord, his sicarios, and a prominent Catholic priest to Escobar’s newly built prison, La Catedral. Torres, Rubén Ortiz (9 February 2020). "Plata O Plomo O Glitter". royaleprojects.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023 . Retrieved 19 June 2023. California Business Portal: Successor-In-Interest". 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015 . Retrieved 9 June 2016.