Narcos emulates the real life notorious story of Pablo Escobar, the kingpin of drugs in Colombia as well as the widespread of cocaine globally. Simply, this ill-famous story makes the blood run cold of many. It is not easy for a man like Escobar to do his job with the perpetual efforts of the law enforcement whose goal is to ultimately kill and diminish Escobar. The two main characters of this story Steve Murphy who is a DEA agent and Escobar go head to head in a ferocious conflict. Brancato, the director of the show, illustrates Escobar in a manner such that the audience is able to sympathize along with him as the passion of crime which burns within him is not enough to make the audience go against him. Despite the crime in which he dwells
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The war on drugs in the 1970s and 1980s was introduced. Steven Murphy (DEA) talked about how easy it was for the US government to track your phone or computer, but it was a tougher in Columbia. The US government also came up with a computer program that could track and locate the calls of the DEA’s targets. After receiving a call from the DEA about a hitman that worked for Pablo Escobar, Steve Murphy notified the police and they managed to take him and a part of his gang out. Later Mateo Moreno “Cockroach” a cocaine producer in Chile, survived an open fire after getting caught by the local police. In order to improve his business, he decided to “ship his products up north” and “smuggle it to the right market” (Steve Murphy). After moving to Columbia, Cockroach needed to find a good business partner and the only option was Pablo Escobar. He was introduced as the creator of a successful business through smuggling drugs and alcohol as well as “owning half of the police in Medellin, Columbia” (Steven Murphy). Subsequently Pablo Escobar, was stopped by a roadblock in Columbia. To get away from the police, Pablo threatened them by telling them about how much he knew about their families and how they should let him go, or “accept the
The war on drugs in the 1970s and 1980s was introduced. Steven Murphy (DEA) talked about how easy it was for the US government to track your phone or computer, but it was a tougher in Columbia. The US government also came up with a computer program that could track and locate the calls of the DEA’s targets. After receiving a call from the DEA about a hitman that worked for Pablo Escobar, Steve Murphy notified the police and they managed to take him and a part of his gang out. Later Mateo Moreno “Cockroach” a cocaine producer in Chile, survived an open fire after getting caught by the local police. In order to improve his business, he decided to “ship his products up north” and “smuggle it to the right market” (Steve Murphy). After moving to Columbia, Cockroach needed to find a good business partner and the only option was Pablo Escobar. He was introduced as the creator of a successful business through smuggling drugs and alcohol as well as “owning half of the police in Medellin, Columbia” (Steven Murphy). Subsequently Pablo Escobar, was stopped by a roadblock in Columbia. To get away from the police, Pablo threatened them by telling them about how much he knew about their families and how they should let him go, or “accept the