By the early 1980s Medellin Colombia is the cocaine capital of the world. ibid.
He sends his Sicarios out to corrupt a nation. ibid.
One of the bloodiest decades in Colombian history. ibid.
Escobar’s reign of terror continues to escalate. ibid.
Escobar only gets five years in jail. And he has even more demands … Pablo even chooses his guards and inmates. ibid.
Escobar escapes capture but his time is running out. ibid.
December 1993 Cali, home of the new kings of Coke … The most powerful cartel in Colombia supplying 90% of the country’s biggest export: cocaine. Drug Lords s1e6: The Cali Cartel
‘The biggest criminals in the world.’ ibid.
‘Chepe used to send 20 kilograms in suitcases carried by passengers.’ ibid. insider
By the mid-1980s the Rodriguez brothers are shipping industrial quantities of coke to the US. ibid.
These are the gentlemen of Cali with friends in high places. ibid.
Escobar’s Medellin cartel in the north; and the Cali cartel in the south. ibid.
Operation Phoenix, Miguel’ and Giberto’s [Cali cartel] elaborate plot to kill Escobar, fails. ibid.
125,235. ‘They were the only game in town.’ (Drugs & Gangs: Colombia & Colombia & Cocaine & Operations) ibid. DEA agent in Colombia
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I’m Steve Murphy. Drug enforcement agent. And as you can see I am deeply embedded in Colombia. ibid.
Don’t call me a bad guy just yet. ibid.
Sometimes bad guys do good things. ibid.
Pablo Escobar: a man who changed my life for ever. Pablo was making a killing in the smuggling business. ibid.
‘One day I’m going to be president of the Republic of Colombia.’ ibid. Escobar
Easiest money he ever made. ibid.
He was a family man to the end. ibid.
Pretty soon cocaine was hidden in every legitimate Colombia export. ibid.
Before long we were seizing sixty kilos a day … They let us have sixty so they could bring in six hundred. Pablo’s coke flooded in. ibid.
And with the money came the violence. ibid.
This mugshot was gonna cause him a lot of grief down the line. ibid.
Turns out Cockroach was a real cockroach. ibid.
The problem was no longer the demand. It was the supply. Narcos s1e2: The Sword of Simon Bolivar
Pablo and his partners built superlabs the size of small cities. ibid.
Whatever they did they couldn’t hide that much money. It kept coming in. ibid.
The Narcos had me on file the very first day. ibid.
What we didn’t know was that we were witnessing the formation of the famed Medellin cartel. ibid.
M-19 didn’t stand a chance. ibid.
This was a war that would shake an entire country to its foundations. And in the carnage Miami would be shaking as well. ibid.
They went after them so hard [Mexico], every single Narco in the world got the message that the DEA is off limits. Narcos s1e3: The Men of Always
‘I don’t want to be good, I’m going to be great.’ ibid. Pablo to prostitute
And just like that an honest man blinked. ibid.
Escobar: You are meeting up with politicians, not with gangsters.
Poison: Aren’t they the same thing, boss? ibid.
He placed himself on the side of the poor and the weak and the fight against the oligarchs. ibid.
And when you get too close to the sun your dreams may melt away. ibid.
The one thing Narcos feared most: extradition. Narcos s1e4: The Palace in Flames
Escobar will not go lightly. He will make Colombia bleed. ibid. Colombian rozzer
It was the good guys who had to hide their faces behind masks. ibid.
A cocaine empire that was bringing in $60 million a day. ibid.
Financed by Escobar, the M-19 guerrillas stormed the Palace of Justice and occupied the supreme court; they took over 100 hostages … The entire case against him turned to ash. ibid.
Sleeping with a communist? That would be downright un-American. Narcos s1e5: There Will Be a Future, Javier to Steve
When Noriega realised he could make even more money shipping his drugs by siding with communists he switched teams. So we invaded Panama. ibid. commentary
Pablo was right: who would have the balls to fill Galan’s shoes? ibid.
It’s silver or lead. ibid. Pablo
Pablo’s path was total war. He established a bounty system for killing and over 200 were slaughtered. Narcos s1e6: Explosivos
This was the first major successful major operation by the Search Block, a signal to the country and to the world that the fight against the Narcos had moved to a new level. ibid.
In his unsuccessful attempt to assassinate presidential candidate Cesar Trujillo, Pablo Escobar murdered 107 innocent people. Narcos s1e7: You Will Cry Tears of Blood
There had been violence between Medellin and Cali before but right now the war on two fronts was not something Pablo could afford. ibid.
We can end this violence with dignity. ibid. Pablo’s lawyer to Colombian president
I have to stop this madness. ibid. president
I was going to do marvellous things for this country. Narcos s1e8: La Gran Mentira, Pablo
And worst of all, he wants to build his own jail. ibid. president
You know what he’s [Pablo] going to do, right? He’s going to continue conducting his business behind those walls that are protected by the Colombian government. We should give him credit. The man is a genius. ibid. gangsta
We are bandits, not snitches, motherfucker. ibid. Gustavo to rozzer
He was the one who got us into this mess: killing politicians and cops, bombing street corners and aeroplanes. He started this fucking war. Narcos s1e9: La Catedral, Cali cartel gangsta
In Colombia nothing goes down the way you think it will. Narcos s1e10: Despegue
We have an agreement and you’re breaking it. What guarantee do I have that the Americans won’t kidnap me and take me to the US? ibid. Pablo to vice minister
I come from nothing. I fought hard to become what I am. ibid.
They say he [Pablo] rose from the ashes and he went to the houses of each of the men who shot him and he killed them as they slept. Narcos s2e1: Free at Last, soldier to soldier
The fox was out of the cage and the hunt was on. ibid. commentary
Under no circumstances will I negotiate with Pablo Escobar. ibid. president
In Colombia, the Supreme Court chooses the Attorney General whether the president likes it or not. Narcos s2e2: Cambalache
Colombia has been at war far too long. ibid. Attorney General
To many people Escobar was a hero. ibid. commentary
I think it’s time for us to leave Colombia. ibid. Mrs Escobar
Get the kids. We have to leave right now. ibid. Escobar to Mrs Escobar