Killing Pablo
by Mark Bowden
The ‘behind the scenes’ search for Pablo Escobar, the number
one hunted man in Columbia, for his killings and numero uno kingpin in the
illegal drug cartels in Columbia is the framework of Mark Bowden’s book Killing Pablo. Bowden uses personal
interviews from police, intel, US CIA agents, newspaper and other media sources
to provide an in-depth look into the man, his failings, and his ability to
evade a country for years as the leader of the largest drug ring ever to be
known in the world. Escobar started as a
‘young thug’ and later was hailed as the calmest criminal to exist. Dedicated to family and his inner-circle of
comrades, he was quick to eliminate those people who stopped him from what he
wanted most: money, luxuries and young women.
If he wanted something, he would buy it and the would order the people
around him to do his dirty deeds. An
extraordinary story of how a country fell prey to one man’s yearning to be the
leader or “el jefe”. The elusive one’s
checkered life story well documented.
Worth a read.
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