Álvaro Uribe

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 within, the immense love for his family, associates and close friends shows beyond doubt that he is only human. In the first two episodes of Narcos, “Descenso” and “The Sword of Simón Bolivar”. 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…

the legacy left behind by the chaos of the 50s, ravaging the country side in terror. The Mirror (2016) reports that La FARC is the oldest and largest group among Colombia's left-wing rebels and is one of the world's richest guerrilla armies. Experts from The Mirror claim that recently, La FARC takes in between $500 million and $600 million annually from the illegal drug trade. La FARC also profits from kidnappings, extortion schemes, and an unofficial "tax" it levies in the countryside for…

Compile a one or two page summary of your meeting that includes: Identify the person (name, title, company, etc) & their qualifications / experience Anolber Escalante is a 47 years old BS in Sales Management and entrepreneur who has been working in diverse industries throughout his career. He started his career 28 years ago when he founded Corporacion Gigabyte, his first technology business in his home country Venezuela, which was challenging in the beginning because of his young age and…

The Hunt For The Richest, Most Powerful Criminal In History Killing Pablo The main topic in this book deals with a drug dealer from Colombia that used to be the king of cocaine. Additionally, he was someone that the Colombians were tired off and the only thing they wanted was to kill him not just put him in jail. Even though Pablo Escobar did helped the poor he also did some terrifying things to people that were innocent. He got killed by the participation of the U.S and the Colombian army and…

Have you ever heard the name Pablo Escobar, and wondered who he was? Pablo Escobar was a drug trafficker that was the main leader of the Medellín cartel. The Medellín cartel when at the height of its power was smuggling fifteen tons of cocaine a day, which was worth more than half a billion dollars. Pablo Escobar is responsible for making cocaine the global drug of choice. He did this by transporting cocaine by the ton from Colombia to larger markets in both America and Europe. (Watson and…

Pablo Escobar is one of the most infamous drug dealers of all time, and the new show Narcos will be based on Escobar and part of his life. Narcos has a combination of everything that makes a great show, with violent, dramatic and intimate scenes. It also tells the story of Steve Murphy, an up and coming DEA agent who was assigned to move from Miami to Columbia and take down Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. Murphy also gives a first person narrative of his accounts throughout the show in between…

Colombian citizens lived in fear and repression throughout Escobar’s reign. There was crime, death, and fear in most parts of the cities (John). Escobar had no problem killing any one in his path. Many people lived their lives in fear due to his reign over the cartel(s). Economically, Colombia was doing just fine, there was lots of money fluctuating in and out of the country. Escobar kept the government so unstable Colombia was viewed by other countries as a narcrocrasy. The government itself…

Jaime Escalante was born December 31, 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia, to Zenobio and Sara Escalante. He was the second child born in his family of eight. When Escalante was fourteen his mother sent him to San Calixto High School. Later on in his teenage year’s Escalante’s father died so his family wasn’t able to afford for him to go to San Calixto anymore. At that time, Escalante hoped that he would be able to go to engineering school but because his family couldn’t afford to go to school, he…

Pablo Escobar was on of the most famous drug lords to ever walk the planet. At an estimated 30 billion, Escobar was also the richest criminal. On December 1st, 1949, the king of cocaine was born in Rio Negro Colombia. He started his life of crime in his early teenage years and after years of progressing, he ended up joining the notorious Medellin cartel in Colombia. By the early 1970's, he started smuggling huge amounts of cocaine to Mexico, Bahamas, the United States, and many other countries. …

Pablo Escobar, born in December of 1949, was the leader Columbian Medellin Cartel, controlling vast empire of drugs and murders internationally. Escobar was accepted into provincial university, but soon dropped out due to finical inability, eventually turning to crimes such as car theft and later marijuana growth. After partnering with Joe Ochoa, their profits from the distribution of marijuana quickly rose, and the duo expanded into the new cocaine business. Escobar soon established himself as…