It was a reminder that this wasn’t a work of fiction, like The Sopranos. I liked that real news footage of political figures, key characters, and the aftermath of bombings were shown.
#PABLO ESCOBAR THE DRUG LORD CAST PLUS#
Now that I’ve watched the whole thing, I can say I learned far more than I would’ve picked up from reading another book, plus the television format brought the whole experience to life.
#PABLO ESCOBAR THE DRUG LORD CAST SERIES#
In total, the series runs about 55 hours.
The first few run 45 to 55 minutes each, and then they start splitting the episodes into two 22-minute parts. I was hooked from the first episode, which I’ve embedded above to give you a taste for the show.Įach episode is about 45 minutes, and includes a few brief commercials.
Pablo Escobar was killed running across the roof above the wall of graffiti on December 2, 1993 In October of this year, when I learned the whole series was available online, for free, with English subtitles on Telemundo, I dove in. I wanted to watch El Patron del Mal when it first aired, but was busy traveling. Juana Uribe, Vice President of Caracol TV, is the daughter of Maruja Pachon, who was kidnapped on Escobar’s orders, and held hostage for six months as he fought to have Colombia’s Constitution amended to disallow Colombians from being extradited to the United States. Guillermo was murdered by Escobar’s men due to his outspoken editorials against Escobar and the cartel. The 74-episode show followed Escobar’s rise to power, as well as his downfall, and it was created by two people whose families were directly affected by his violence.Ĭamilo Cano is a journalist and son of Guillermo Cano, the editor and publisher of El Espectador newspaper based in Bogota. Last year, from May through November, a television series aired in Colombia called Pablo Escobar: Patron Del Mal (Boss of Evil). To satisfy my curiosity, I visited the address where he was killed, as well as his family grave in Itagui. I read Killing Pablo, Mark Bowden’s detailed account of how Escobar was finally taken down. When I arrived in Medellin five years ago, all I knew of the city was its association with Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. It was the culmination of a massive manhunt involving the Colombian police, army, and a special unit called the Search Bloc, a group of vigilantes called Los Pepes (“People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar”), and the United States’ Drug Enforcement Agency. On December 2, 1993, Pablo Escobar was gunned down on a rooftop in western Medellin while trying to flee Colombian security forces.