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?

At the end of the eighties, the citizens of Medellín lived in the midst of terrorism. Murders, attacks, and kidnappings were the order of the day. Many people were asking for a dialogue with Pablo Escobar and for a peace process to begin.

Although rumor had it that Pablo Escobar might turn himself in to the authorities, a legal loophole stood in the way of justice being served.

Find out what lead Pablo Escobar and his cartel to cease their criminal activities and finally turn themselves in to the authorities.

The law established by the National Constituent Assembly that prohibits extradition causes Pablo Escobar to surrender to the authorities at last. However, Escobar's life continues in jail with previously unheard-of privileges and partying,

Pablo Escobar continues his reign of terror from within the walls of La Cathedral prison, where several bodies were later found buried on prison grounds with signs of having been tortured.

During his stay in prison, Pablo Escobar manages to commit many crimes including trying and even killing his own people. He later manages to escape the prison without anyone noticing until the next morning.

When Pablo Escobar manages to escape from prison against all odds, questions began to arise about how he managed to circumvent security and who could possibly have abetted his escape.

Colombian President César Gaviria and the newly created attorney general's office help to sever the seemingly unbreakable bonds of loyalty between Pablo Escobar and certain members of the Medellin Cartel, causing them to turn themselves in.

Former Pablo Escobar associates rat on him, only to join Los Pepes, the Spanish acronym for "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar" [Persecuted by Pablo Escobar], a paramilitary group joined by the DEA, the CIA, industrialists from Antioquia, and the Colombian government with the sole purpose of collaborating to capture Escobar.

Despite the role that "Los Pepes" played in Pablo Escobar's downfall, the Colombian authorities managed to develop a sophisticated intelligence plan that culminated in the death of Colombia's most wanted criminal.

Members of Search Bloc manage to locate and kill Pablo Escobar when, out of desperation, he uses a transparent system of communication to contact his family.

Will Pablo Escobar's death put an end to drug trafficking and/or violence in Colombia? In the wake of this event, this is a very controversial topic as many people celebrate his downfall and others mourn him.

With the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombian society hopes for long-awaited peace and an end to drug trafficking. However, paramilitary groups derived from the different cartels continue to exert an enormous influence and even manage to buy their way to the Colombian presidency.

This series conclusion shows us how, in the wake of Pablo Escobar's death, narcotrafficking continued, reinventing itself via a multitude of phenomena such as paramilitarism.