Following the murder of Minister of Justice Lara, journalist Guillermo Cano also gets assassinated after publishing revelations about Pablo Escobar in the newspaper El Espectador. Cano's son and other journalists provide insight into the events of the era.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.