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a look at our main news stories in less than half an hour from now in the meantime we reveal the story of the rise and fall of the colombian drug lord probably the man he created and ran one of the biggest crime empires in history next on r.t. . on the tarmac of bogota airport a family looks out of place these are no ordinary people it's the family of pablo escobar the colombian cocaine godfather and the most wanted criminals on us. they had hoped to seek refuge in frankfurt but the german authorities immediately turn them back. to the escobar family comprises to some one top bloke in his arms his young system on a web. site. and bringing up the

rear maria victoria escobar as white. and tired and bewildered and most of all they're scared escobar has been on the run for sixteen months i mean is no longer the old powerful drug lord who for years had terrorized colombia . the public enemy number one lives like a hunted animal from his hiding place somewhere in colombia the drug dealer is powerless to help his family and his cabal always had an achilles' heel his family his daughter his son meant everything to him. his achilles heel is something the colombian authorities are planning to take full advantage of from the moment they check into a hotel the family is under constant surveillance they've become the bait. it's just a matter of time before the godfather makes a mistake before going into the trap the police have set forth.

is why does this give us slip through our fingers too many times it's unbelievable she was afraid to go. home but escobar used to bomb schools soup. markets any way what you see. no get out and you knew all about the families of the police you knew with them all those c.s.i. that follow those lives and how many brothers they. maybe

sixteen years later maybe in his columbia's second city one of its busiest and richest and the country's bread basket. sixteen years later in the city still has a bad reputation. the settling of scores continues but these days it's between small time drug dealers. and it's nowhere near like it was in escobar time. well in college at the time of the humans a mad house bullets for breakfast and lunch and bombs for dinner.

but. you know what people die every day every morning that the body is near the mountains would call it public saima treat each day that because people would be mowed it often just dumped on the open ground. there are a few people left amid a human but well you have to know where to look. so the toss is to find them. according to some one of best couples form a lifetime of is still a lot of. little

video from those years still exists. his name is john gyre of ls quiz alias popeye. police wanted posters back then popeye was not far behind his boss escobar when it came to the pecking order he was implicated in a number of motos sources claim that he's been serving time in prison for several gives what seems certain is that he was able to survive in bogota his notorious low modelo prison on hom. life in the old prison was a daily diet of insecurity and frequent violence where the prisoners ruled the roost as cabal's former right hand man has since been spirited away to much safer surroundings. it takes a few more days to track down now want to power he knows where he is but the system's finally pays off. there is a last some news. popeye's being held about one hundred kilometers from bogota in

this modern detention center. it's a high security prison with murderers drug traffickers and hired killers among its inmates. no t.v. crews had ever been allowed inside before it was considered too dangerous but once again persistence pays off and an exception is made. a chance to talk one on one with pablo escobar was most loyal left honest. and he's the best person to give a first hand account of his former bosses life in the wrong. you know point one million of the time back in may they mean there were fifteen hundred people looking for us going to be out of this bellagio is that alessio israelis british americans

the colombian secret service the cia the da. everyone was off to. get this out of bed this is not the one that other hunters have been avoided. by and never refuse one of his bosses or those however ruthless they may have been he claims he was responsible for two hundred fifty of the estimated ten thousand murders ordered by a. once there was a very high profile woman that we were ordered to kill in custody not by you know that and we shot it and the intercontinental hotel but getting out of the hotel was tricky as the police had time to helicopter they opened fire and i was hit here in the artery i managed to get home and public himself came over to see me that's when i realized it was a friend not just the boss i had a friend. tell was an army of lambs led by a liar i was a lamb the boss was a lime.

by the mid one nine hundred seventy s. escobar was at the height of his powers. he was the leader of a group made up of his cousins and friends that ruled the drug trade along side with three hundred men an army of hired killers locally as the sea county us devoted body and soul to the corps these men created the now infamous cartel. a cartel specialized in cocaine. revolutionize the way the drug was transported any means was good by road by m. or by c. . hundreds of kilos of the drug was soon reaching the united states and europe escobar never seen children ideas to introduce liver is to his best clients in the u.s. even had the submarine built in one nine hundred eighty escobar reached his senate

becoming the undisputed godfather of the world's cocaine try. as ruthless as he was derek. barely ten years escobar had come a long way from a small time grave he had become the all powerful king of cocaine a godfather whose net worth of the time was estimated at five billion dollars. and almost as if to prove he could do what he liked he pushed the envelope to the limit by having his photo taken with his son outside the white house. he uses his profits from drugs to buy a real estate in miami florida under the noses of the american authorities. escobar becomes america's worst nightmare u.s. federal justice authorities demand his immediate extradition. he formed a group called the us it started. with for them also is

a better coffin in colombia than a prison cell in the united states when he declared war on colombia because of the extradition we'd never expect that the sides of that war. escobar reveals his true personality a psychopath who orders the murders of everyone who might be involved in processing his extradition judges journalists politicians police anyone. during this period of terror an estimated ten thousand fall victim to ask about his killing spree or sometimes we will go outside after obama. and see him body parts you're seeing small children infants that be killed simply because their parents were placed in. such incidents but the colombian authorities to act and they decide to eliminate

the godfather of. price this put on his head and he becomes public enemy number one . for the me want to give it. a blow escobar alias the doctor vanishes from sight. a french t.v. crew that had been working on another story comes across as the bush. the subsequent interview was a major scoop and the first time a european media has ever filmed the drug traffic up. and going to the camera escobar goes to some lengths to justify himself and just sunflowers a lot of negative. if we have to realize that we're living through the cocaine period cocaine is inviting the well you know why because it's a drug that's less strong are less damaging than the others there are drug addicts of because of a lack of education and discipline because you we did he mean it's the same with

alcohol and there's no difference between someone sleeping on the sidewalk because of drink or because of drugs. the godfather goes on to pick up part of the american arguments against the cocaine trade see like ok right now it's cocaine that's considered dangerous evil because the americans can't control it economy goes it's the colombians of produce that that's the real problem. in that same year the medi cal ships out three hundred kilograms a day of cocaine to the united states u.s. officials have had enough and again demand the extradition of the drug store. hunted in his own country and want to buy u.s. justice there appears no way out for escobar undeterred he tries to bargain for his freedom with the colombian government it's on likely bata.

in june one thousand nine hundred ninety one and assorted convoy of vehicles is heading into the mountains me admitting to a place known as the catch a drought inside the vehicles his gunman flank the godfather escobar has agreed to surrender and serve time but in a prison that he himself has built to his own specifications escobar is dictating the terms and his purpose built jail conspicuously has neither prison bars nor keys on the radio escobar explains that he has surrendered for the sake of the colombian people at a moment i thought a good thing at this historic moment when our fighters are giving themselves up to bring calm to the country i cannot ignore the polls for peace by the vast majority of a colombian people quite. godall june one thousand nine hundred you. got the drought it is a five star luxury prison with all the comforts of home. and even better than most

homes of the time as a state of the auto kitchen. music center's telephone is. now outside there's a huge telescope which allows the godfather to keep track of police as they come and go as well as keep watch over his family who have remained below. during the day pablo and his associates have no time to get bored the cocaine continues to grow. to look at that. the prison the country crime central it was where they controlled the drug traffic and the government was fully aware of the fact that. when what was going on leaks out it causes a huge scandal with the president of colombia himself forced to explain it was not a joke what happened he's such got basi deal be intimidation that we end up discovered and that most of these soldiers were warriors more yeah bride

but. the government insists he served time in a real prison sensing a trap he refuses. one night as his friend popeye and a dozen henchmen escaped. up on ice skating for the friends but there were no police no i want all we want we must have left at about eleven at night and it was very foggy outside when there was caves discovered a state of alert as declared after a year in his private prison pablo escobar has once again gone on the grounds. that the police realize they need to act quickly as the godfather is on familiar territory and every hour lost gives him the opportunity to disappear for good nothing is left to chunks each house and maybe and its suburbs as such starting with those middling to his left hand of.

the night. but by the morning of the twenty second of july nine hundred ninety two the authorities admit they have lost him escobar has apparently vanished into thin air. here. in bogota the government as the sauce paraded barely twenty four. hours off to his escape it sets up the block ale that was good and elite unit whose sole tosk is to track down home and skybox its headquarters are in the city center but one thousand strong unit is made up of highly trained and handpicked policemen and soldiers. the

commandos make sure that none of amanda from eddie and that all of them have a squaw to settle with escobar choosing those who have lost at least one member of their families to the gangsters hitman. the head of the unit is colonel hugo mustiness as methodical as he is i mean corrupt little. but. his number two is major hugo i do yeah his role is to gather intelligence he's a stuff as nails and farley determined. the americans send two of their best drug offices to work alongside the colombia is on the ground. who is the best of the best in going after him we had all the resources we want to buy resources i'm talking about the the money the quick money. the

intelligence da at this time i created a. tape t.k.o. problem which is that we were we were targeting this bar all over the world. many in becomes a city under siege the special unit is everywhere with cock block to do as it pleases sweeping everywhere and such in everyone. to begin with the dragnet turns up little more than weapons telephones explosives common and often made a year and. the usual suspects most of them petty criminals. what the investigators are hoping for is the one clue the one informant who might lead them to esteban. i . published a lot of. those means are busy and does me going to give reasons. the i'm going to

give. me. the rewards on the televised appeals for information make little headway however as whoever might be tempted to inform on the godfather or his cronies knows fully well it would mean the death sentence. as a result months go by and escobar remains as elusive as ever. despite the grind of the danger the such unit has to follow up every lead. off from the unit's intelligence take some to envy god the sub of west grew up. people were hiding in a number published what was a robin hood to the people even that doesn't help a lot of. the poor he built churches. gave a lot of money to to people who idolize you know they were guarded and they were hiding. here in this house and the police were

hoping to round up a few members of the cops out. this attack. on the. economy. unfortunately for the police they arrive too late and it wouldn't be the last time . elite forces well paid informants yet there was still no breakthrough to catch escobar there's a change of tactics with priority now being given to telecommunications. the americans provide an awacs surveillance aircraft and a twin engine plane to track vocal frequencies it's the first time such methods are used to hunt down one man. it means that colonel martinez and his men can eavesdrop on hundreds of telephone radio conversations day and night twenty four seventh's.

then in march one thousand nine hundred three. we suddenly realize we have asked about talking to his son on his cell phone but the problem was that he was constantly on the move. of the twin engine plane that is constantly in the air of a million manages to locate the frequency used in the phone call. a plane was able to identify where the cool would be made from on the ground so i immediately traced the location on a map of the city to find the exact spot. but i think. the calculations show that it came from a house in one of many young smart the suburbs escobar has to be there and it's just a matter of rounding him up. the orders are to move in a dorm and the house was thoroughly searched. inside there's a vulgar display of wealth and a few stuff that

a half asleep. yet at the beginning because who does this house belong to a dreamer anna miranda as a name escobar often uses. the bed is a mate the bed clothes still warm as the bar it seems was tipped off just in time. to. the only people of the stuff that's like that in all of his houses. has now been on the run from his comfortable imprisonment for eight months he's thumbing his nose at the special units. we missed at the beginning. say when mr moore good. twenty times you know we would pick him up on the radio we'd have the search blocks around the area in we're always you know would always miss and. as time goes by pablo escobar

popularity seems to increase. evading the authorities by luck or design makes him into a hero. in the rundown neighborhoods the poor on his side. he's got it problem way here he wouldn't even need to. he's welcome here any time in our home he's welcome with open arms he will always be welcome. escobar also finds easy refuge with his cronies from the cartel and other traffickers on whose loyalty he can rely now more than a decade and a half later most i'm no longer alive. all that are left are some members of the escobar family who alone know how the godfather managed to remain at liberty for so

long. maybe they might finally told. according to some reports his son pablo and his widow maria victoria have sought refuge in argentina. his brother roberto. and his younger sister marina still in many. yes couple family had been untouchable for so long the brother and sister used to go out quite openly these days they choose to keep a much lower profile. a local journalist helps out by providing the address of ask

about system. is this where mrs escobar lives. yes she did. no sorry she's just going out. ok we'll leave a message for her. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical sort of whether it's a sonic boom say tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria and iraq or its destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that

there shall be taken in war to protect one by against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that.

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