Featuring the voices of several of the key players who witnessed the rise and reign of one of the worst criminals in international history, the collection of testimonials in the documentary, Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar, shed light on what it meant to live in Colombia during the times of this ruthless drug trafficker.
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Colombia
The son of journalist Guillermo Cano, who was murdered by Pablo Escobar, recalls the terrible moment he learned of his father's death. In the wake of this and similar events, the Colombian government made the decision to reinstate extradition in attempts to combat the narco-traffickers.
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Colombia
Pablo Escobar successfully recruited tens of thousands of young people as the workforce behind his cocaine exporting empire, fostering violence in the city of Medellin.
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Colombia
Contemporaries of Pablo Escobar continue to share their stories about the manner in which, during that period, Colombia was transforming into a "narco-democracy." Any reporter who said the wrong thing on the radio or TV was at risk of getting murdered by the Medellin Cartel, which continued to wage war against the Colombian state.
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Colombia
Pablo Escobar's reign of terror continues, reaching new heights with the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán. His successor, César Gaviria Trujillo, gives us further insight into the events of the time.
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Colombia
In response to the havoc wreaked by Pablo Escobar's war against the political establishment and many others, a parallel political and military establishment begins to clandestinely emerge.
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Colombia
With each atrocity committed by Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel, including the bombing of the newspaper El Espectador and the assassinations of several political candidates, Colombia felt that it had hit rock bottom. But was the worst yet to come?
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