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HE WHO DOESN'T KNOW HISTORY IS DOOMED TO REPEAT IT

PABLO ESCOBAR, THE LORD OF EVIL

Yes, well, we are already getting ready and packing

to go to Medellín and continue with this negotiation process from there.

All right fine, I believe that if you don't have so much police pressure

everything will be better for all of you.

So then, Mr. Patarroyo, what have you been able to do

regarding the extradition issue?

Well, Don Pablo, that's a very delicate and complex issue,

but I've been asked to give you a message.

A message? Go ahead, tell me.

As you know, Mr. Daniel Bedoya

is the private secretary of the Presidency.

Yes, Daniel Bedoya.

And he says that if you release his son immediately,

he will guarantee that neither you nor your partners will be extradited.

Just like that? Only by word?

Well, Don Pablo, I believe there are situations in which the word of a man

is worth more than a piece of paper, don't you think?

We bandits are accustomed to do all our negotiations

without having to sign papers, or contracts, neither lawyers

to intercede for us, therefore I am in full capacity of understanding

and have enough reasons to believe in the word of a man.

Yes, that's what I meant to say.

Yes, but the problem here is that Mr. Bedoya is neither a bandit

nor an asshole.

No, no! Listen to me, Pablo Escobar killed our director,

he nearly killed all of us with the bomb

and now we have to understand all of a sudden that he wants to give himself in?

No, no, that can't be true, I just don't believe it.

There are things here we don't know about.

What do you think about all this? There are many things here I don't like.

I don't like any of this.

- Thanks. - Please, go ahead.

Thanks.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Please, go ahead.

Next door to your left.

Thank you very much.

Sir. So what's new?

- Did you bring what I asked you? - Of course. Here it is.

Quickly.

Hey, and what about your brother?

Don't worry, man, he's going to get really pissed off, but cool, man,

he has to know how this works.

It's hard enough for me to get out, so for the two of us it's impossible. Hurry.

Okay, what's important right now is for everything to come out okay, right?

It has to come out right, man,

I paid a hundred and eighty million,

plus your 20 million. This has to come out perfectly well.

Please, Miss?

Mister, for goodness sake, this is a public document.

Colombians have the right to know what you have here.

Yes, but I have to enter the records.

There should be an easier way to do this.

I'll give them back to you in no time.

It's not this one.

This is him.

Iván Lopera, the officer who visits Daniel Bedoya,

the Private Secretary.

Hey! What's going on? No, No! What are you doing? What are you doing?

Who are you?

Come on, come.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

- God help me. - You shut up.

Have a nice afternoon.

- Mr. Lopera. - Yes, that's me.

Niki Polanía from the newspaper El Espectador.

- Could I ask you some questions? - Niki, how nice to meet you.

But please forgive me, I must take a flight.

I just want to know if it's true that you are interceding before The Extraditable

on behalf of hostage Luis Carlos Bedoya.

And if that's why you visit so frequently the Presidential Palace,

more specifically Daniel Bedoya, the Private Secretary of the Presidency.

Niki, why don't we do something?

Call me at my office and make an appointment and then we can talk calmly.

I just need an answer. Are you or are you not interceding

before The Extraditable on behalf of Carlos Bedoya?

Daniel, wait for me at the bank.

Look, Niki, if what you refer to is whether I am doing everything possible

for the release of Luis Carlos Bedoya, the answer is yes.

Good, then does that mean

the Government is using mediators to negotiate with the drug cartel?

No, Miss, not the Government,

I am only helping Daniel Bedoya who has been my longtime friend.

Mr. Lopera, Mr. Bedoya is the private secretary of the Presidency,

none of his activities can be separated from his post with this government.

Although you would like to demonstrate that this is different,

you are serving as a mediator

so the Government can negotiate with the Medellín Cartel.

Your attention please! The newspaper El Espectador revealed in today's edition

that what has so far been known as the surrendering process

of the so-called The Extraditable Group is nothing more

than a negotiation of the National Government with the Medellín Cartel.

ANTI-DRUG SUMMIT IN CARTAGENA, 1990

I have a question: weren't the two of us the ones supposed to leave this place?

I repeat I don't know anything, brother.

What do you mean you don't know anything? Everything was planned with you!

Understand that everything was planned with you!

Shut up. Shut up, Aldemar, you are killing yourself. Don't be so stupid!

I don't give a shit about what's going on!

I don't give a shit if I'm killing myself!

What happened with Evencio? What the hell happened? What happened with Evencio?

Tell me! What is going on? Damn it! Tell me!

You made a mistake.

Tell me, where is Evencio so we don't have to mess anymore with this matter.

No I... They... When I talked with...

They forced me to do this,

they threatened me, and they were going to kill my family.

Do you really think I'm a moron? Do you think I believe you?

This would not have happened...

without your complicity.

Otherwise I guarantee...

that those held responsible would not have left this place.

I assure you.

Your attention, please. Caracol has just informed

that one of those accused of having committed the murder of Mr. Galán

has just escaped from the jail where he was held, pretending to be a lawyer

and apparently with the complicity of several prison guards.

Come on, man, let's go.

- And what about that guy? - He's being transferred.

- Because they were going to kill him. - Oh, poor little thing.

The transfer of the other suspect has already been ordered.

It seems there was a plan to murder both of them.

Right now, that's the worst piece of news you can possibly give me, General.

Everything must be done to recapture them.

We are working on that, sir.

And do we already know how the press came to know about the negotiation?

General, what matters now is how we are going to proceed.

Right now, I must be branded as selfish,

as a person only looking after my own interests,

because of my son's kidnapping,

instead of looking for what is best for the country.

Yes, actually this is a very delicate issue,

people could start to think suspiciously

and believe that your only interest is to save your son.

Yes, well, I'm sure we all know that's not true.

I am going to personally face the press in order to explain this whole situation.

We are stirring a war.

And if they are going to attack me for this, well, let them attack me.

But we will not allow the press to tell us how to handle

the serious issues of the country.

In these crucial moments, Mr. President,

if you think that my resignation would be favorable, please count on it.

Thank you.

Mr. President, were you able to speak with the President of the United States

concerning the surrender process?

We'll talk in a few minutes,

and I wish to hear his opinions.

Now more than ever his support is very important.

Sir.

So what? Did the patient escape before you could operate on him?

Bullshit. Here we are again doing everything wrong. Thank you very much.

No, sir, but we still have the other patient, boss, right?

Be thankful that right now I have more serious problems in my head.

But why, sir? Are you referring to what the newspaper said

about your negotiation with the Government, or what?

Come, sit down, Marino.

Okay, here we are. Go on.

Go on.

Cool it.

Move, move. Move. Okay.

Stay here.

All right, bro, you know what the message for your daddy is. Right?

- Hey, did you hear me? - Yes. Yes, yes.

And if not, tell your old man to be ready to face the consequences. Okay?

Were we probably not very smart delivering the son of Daniel Bedoya?

Because if we would have retained him, the situation would be quite different.

Who could assure the Government is going to comply with the agreement?

Sir, I think they will comply, they will negotiate, okay?

Well, let's hope so,

because the thing is, as you know, that those government people

are not honest people, they are not coherent.

Now, if they don't keep their promise, well... tough luck.

They know perfectly well that I have no problem whatsoever

in broadening the red stripe of the Colombian flag.

Oh, no, sir, they would be crazy not to negotiate with you.

Everyone dying in a stream of blood?

Well, that's what you say because you are a bandit just like me,

we understand each other because we are men of word,

but things are quite different with politicians and white-collar criminals.

Very difficult. Very different. Very fucking complicated.

Because with those people one does not know what to expect, do you understand?

They are absorbed by ambition and power, you see?

Okay, kid. Go to work. Keep fucking everything up.

Yes, sir.

My son and his family have left the country.

I'm glad to hear that.

Under the circumstances that was the best thing to do.

What do you think, Mr. President?

I can't believe we have in our hands

the possibility of ending all this terrorism that man has sown

and are not able to do it.

We can do something, Mr. President,

but we would have to face all the consequences.

Going against what the President of the United States thinks?

They always threaten us, but we are the ones who live with the problems.

Terrorism, bombs, kidnappings, hired assassins.

Drug-trafficking is the fuel that feeds bad things happening in this country,

or at least most of them.

Yes.

What should we do, Mr. Bedoya? What can we do?

Mr. President, I gave my word to Escobar

and agreed to a negotiation,

because he had me under pressure by holding my son.

But now I can't ask you to do the negotiation,

for fear of not complying with my word to Escobar.

Hello? Yes, let them in.

Mr. President. Mr. Bedoya. Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

I'm so sorry if I talked too much in front of this journalist,

but I don't think I said anything that was not true.

- Please, sit down. - Thank you, Mr. President.

Gentlemen, the negotiation process with The Extraditable has been suspended.

Excuse me?

You have my full support, Mr. President.

Are you sure, Mr. President?

If they want to continue a negotiation process

with all the consequences that may bring, we are willing to hear them.

But, Mr. President, with all due respect,

this can't be, not after all the progress we have made.

Are you saying everything is to be cancelled?

I do understand your surprise, Mr. Lopera,

but under the current circumstances,

the President has made the right decision.

No, it's all right, Mr. Bedoya, I won't discuss this.

But are you conscious of how Pablo Escobar is going to react

when he finds out that not only I, his lawyer,

the Private Secretary of the Presidency but the very President of the Republic

are not going to keep the promises we made to him?

- Pablo. - So what's new, Patarroyo?

How have you been?

Listen, Pablo.

- What's happening? - Well...

the Government is saying that these types of exchanges cannot be made,

that the extradition is constitutional.

- Is that so? Okay. - Pablo.

Those two belong to the boss, then go here in this red car

and these two also in the red car, that one in the green car and that one also.

Ready, sir, whenever you say.

Okay, man, go ahead, kid.

Do you really believe this is a good strategy?

Right now, I don't care a shit about strategies.

- We have to think, man. - Think about what? About what, Pedro?

They've been pulling our leg all along, from the President to the mediators.

They are the ones who should, before they come to see us thinking we are idiots.

But we cannot give up, we must continue in order to achieve our objective.

How can I make you understand that the negotiation doors

have been closed for a long time? And not because of me, Pedro,

but because of the high government.

Stop playing the sanctimonious role with me, please!

What do you mean sanctimonious, man?

So then now we have to start from scratch again? To go the starting point or what?

We have to calm down, we are going to Medellín,

we are going to sit down and face this situation.

If the President of the Republic wants a fucking war with us,

we are going to give it to him with pleasure, together as it should be.

Come on, man, hurry up.

We have to leave. Hurry.

You always look shitted, huh?

Don't fuck around with me.

Very angry or what? Go on hurry up, we have to get started, move.

- Man, it's hot? - You bet. It's really damn hot.

Hey, Jason, do you think the place we're going is this hot?

I have no idea.

Listen, Jason, are you sure it's around here?

Brother, I see this place sort of lonely, this is.

Oh, come on. If you're so nervous and tired,

go back to Medellín. I'll pay for the taxi.

Are you an idiot or something, man? I'm not tired, stop bullshitting me.

I just see this place sort of lonely. But, you idiot, I'm not scared.

Here comes a car.

- Look. Don't look at them. - Is that it? Is that it?

- I don't know, don't look at them. - Go ahead.

- If the guy stops we'll get in, okay? - Okay.

- Make believe nothing is happening. - Go on.

Look, it seems he's going to stop. He's the one, he's the one.

- Get in, guys. - So what's new, partner?

What's new, brother? Really hot, huh? So then?

- Hey, thanks, buddy. - Hey, man, thanks.

- Look at this, this is all broken. - It seems to be all broken.

- Dirty. - What a shame. Let me move this thing.

- Good evening. - What's new, sir? How are you?

- Nice to meet you. Lucio Moreno. - Good evening.

- How was your trip? - Oh, fine.

Actually the road was a bit rough but okay.

- We are a bit tired. Yes. - It was sort of long.

All right, boys, come, we are going to eat first and then you can rest.

- Good evening, gentlemen. - Ramírez.

- Hello. - Bring me two dinners for the boys.

Thank you very much.

Gentlemen, I have to talk about something here.

- Of course. - Good evening, gentlemen.

Sorry to interrupt, man. Sorry.

Let's leave this suitcase here, it's all torn up.

This looks like a staircase, man.

Well, and who is Leonel? And who is Jason?

- I'm Jason. - And I'm Leonel.

Well, welcome. Now we are going to eat, then we'll go and rest,

and tomorrow we will talk business. - Oh, okay, Don Lucio, fine.

But tell me. You guys do have experience as gunmen?

Yeah.

With Leonel we've killed a couple of militants, right?

With iron bars, because with rifles it's not so aggressive.

That's good. We have to hit those people real hard.

- Yes. - And? What else do you do?

Well, sir, I work in a factory with Jason,

you know how it is. Our moms have to be relaxed knowing we work legally.

And that's it.

Yes, boss, one has to do everything to get the family going. Right?

Oh, you poor kids. And now here you are, huh?

All right, gentlemen, remember you have to go and rest

and we'll start to work tomorrow. There's no playing around here,

this goes seriously. I'll be waiting for you at 4:30 a.m.

- O,h okay, Don Lucio. - Have a good night's rest. Good night.

All right, sir. Good night. Four thirty? Hey, man, we have to wake up so early.

It's okay, partner. Calm down. Relax.

So then? How are you feeling in Bogota? Are you happy there?

Well, not too good, but I think I can help you here in Medellín.

I don't think so, Martin.

Look, I'm sure I can help you in the communications area

and I can try to intercept calls from the Medellín Cartel,

and if we are lucky we might even determine the whereabouts of Escobar.

Are you crazy? How can you even think I'm going to expose you to such danger?

Colonel.

- Lieutenant Martin. How are you? - Major.

Have you come to visit your father?

Or are you here in Medellín on a special mission?

Let's say both.

Colonel, I have information on strange movements in the communes.

Aguirre, what do you mean by strange? Explain yourself.

There are many armed youths, lots of people standing guard,

as if they were waiting for someone.

Escobar again in Medellín.

It seems that after the alleged negotiations,

Escobar has decided to leave his hiding place

and come here to Medellín to fight.

Well, we have to be very much aware,

we can't let him gain space.

We must attack. We must reinforce the units in the communes.

As you order, Colonel.

- Lieutenant, a pleasure to see you. - Major.

Father. I think I can be useful to you here in Medellín.

Don't talk bullshit, son.

Supposedly the revenge is with the President and his Private Secretary.

No, that's what people expect, that's what people suppose I'm going to do,

but you know me very well and know that I never do what people expect me to do

but only and exclusively what I want to do.

Killing cops?

The National Government has created an elite specialized group

whose exclusive mission is to go after us by land and sea, catch us

and capture us alive or dead.

Tell me how are we going to be able to return to Medellín peacefully

if we don't fight against these bastards?

But they are going to continue to look for us, man,

and we will have to continue to hide.

Precisely.

Precisely that's what's happening. I'm fed up with this.

I'm fed up with this chasing and hiding.

How is it possible that at this place and time we continue to be hunted?

Forget it. We are going to fight against them,

we are the ones who are going to chase them and we'll see who gets fed up first.

Man, Pablo, why don't you want to understand?

Even if we kill two or three policemen, they will continue to go after us

and now even more so since the fucking negotiations got screwed, man.

Don't underestimate me, Pedro.

Two or three policemen?

I'm not talking of two or three,

I'm going to rip out each one of the President's

and his Private Secretary's nose hairs.

Remember my words.

All right, you guys, move it.

We can't keep still

because the police will find the shelter in less than two days.

Sir, there are two safety rings five kilometers, and one kilometer away.

All right, very well, Marino, but that's not enough for me,

we need to be much more practical.

You know, boss, we can be as practical as you want. But what do we have to do?

Do we have to kidnap someone, or what, boss?

Your attention. Pay attention because what I'm about to offer

does not only include you, my friends,

my companions, my collaborators,

but also all the boys who are in Medellín.

Starting right now, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria

is willing to pay the sum of US $2,000 in cash

for each cop who appears dead

and if he is a member of the elite specialized force,

I will pay US $5,000 in cash. - What?

If I bring down three elite guys, I can get the house for my mom?

Exactly, Cain.

- Let's hit them hard. - Like rats, kid.

Spread the word to everyone.

Go to your neighborhoods, go to the churches.

Talk to your friends. Talk to your relatives, your families,

brothers, cousins. Tell everyone

that whoever wants to get some extra money,

the only thing he has to do is to kill a filthy cop. As easy as that.

- That's the way. - We'll be talking, Pablo.

All right, guys, thank you very much. Thank you again, guys.

Thank you very much. No, thanks to you.

Thank you.

- No, thank you everyone. - Boss.

- Thank you guys very much. - Whatever you need, man.

A group of eight police officers of Antioquia died instantly

after the explosion of a car bomb

loaded with 100 kilos of dynamite.

My God. When are these atrocities going to end? This is madness.

Do you know when? When the social conditions

and the richness of this country is better distributed.

No, honey, this has nothing to do with richness.

This is the consequence of the failed attempt

to negotiate with the Medellín Cartel.

This car bomb was placed by Pablo Escobar.

Of course Pablo Escobar was the one who placed it.

As you know, he doesn't act alone, he's with the paramilitaries,

he finances this dirty war

and he also finances the war he has waged against us,

as if he wanted to erase us from the political arena of this country.

They have even said that I am the guerrillas' candidate,

nothing could be less true and more irresponsible.

Hopefully the President

will realize

that these fragile statements

put my integrity more at risk.

I am the peoples' candidate,

the candidate of a large majority that feels the time has come

to achieve a more just and equitable country for the working class. Thank you.

Mr. Jaramillo.

Mr. Jaramillo, allow me to say

that no matter what the result of the forthcoming elections is,

this debate is one more example,

one more proof that the Colombian left-wing forces

enjoy the privileges and guarantees

to deal democratically with the other candidates

and that is thanks to this government. Thanks to this government.

You are right, Senator.

And it is thanks to the peace efforts of the President

that our movement is no longer a guerrilla group

but became a political force

that will be present in the forthcoming elections

with a mission of social equality, responsible development,

but above all of peace and reconciliation in all the national territory.

Hey, there's a bunch of bandits in this block.

- So then, gentlemen? Are you all right? - What about you?

When is your son going back to Bogotá?

Well, General,

now he doesn't want to go back,

he insists he wants to work with me.

He doesn't realize the delicate situation there is in Medellín.

Those eight cops who were killed were only the beginning

of a programmed activity by the Medellín Cartel. What for?

To eliminate as many cops, as many squeezers that are in Medellín.

So then, gentlemen? Is everything okay?

So, Cuca, what's new?

All right, gentlemen, the message is clear,

the boss, through his kindness and generosity,

wants to reward all of you

with US $2,000 for each cop you can kill.

- Good. Good. - And five thousand. Listen very well.

Five thousand dollars for each elite group cop.

If you kill two that is $10,000, if you kill three that's $15,000.

And from there on as many as you can.

Good. Wonderful.

All right, calm down, boys,

first we have to ask the Blessed Virgin Mary to assist us,

to give us wisdom on how to manage our money.

Because you guys are all about to become millionaires.

Another thing, gentlemen.

Don't keep this information to yourselves.

Tell your fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, brothers, lovers,

whoever wants money. A dead cop is worth five thousand dollars.

So then, gentlemen? Ready? Start working right away, kids.

- Okay, we're ready. let's do it. - Okay. Go ahead. Bye.

- How did you see him? - He is a more or less good shooter.

And he's only a teenager, he's sixteen.

Look, Lucio, man, that's what worries me,

are we going to delegate such a responsibility to a fucking teenager?

C'mon, bro, don't worry. These kids are born to do this.

And we aren't going too far. At what age did we start shooting?

Yes, but one thing is to shoot and take good aim

and another thing is to go and send a teenager to get involved in such danger.

- What if something comes out wrong? - Nothing will come out wrong, man.

Just look at him.

Who is going to imagine that a teenager is going to do such a job?

Don't think about it so much. These are the guys we need.

Look, we don't have much time so we must seize this moment

to fish in troubled waters,

now that Escobar is killing all those people.

The dirty water will fall on him.

Lucio, you will be responsible for this job,

okay?

When haven't I?

Okay, I'll see.

Yes, Commander.

The people united will never be defeated.

What matters is not that the rich are rich,

but that the poor become less poor each time.

In order for our society to progress

and not have problems such as drug-trafficking,

it is important that the richness be well distributed

and not in the hands of only a few!

We live it, we feel it, Bernardo is our President.

- We must leave, darling. We must leave. - Darling, only five more minutes.

Excuse us, please, sorry but we have to leave.

Thank you. Thank you.

We live it, we feel it, Bernardo is our President.

We live it, we feel it, Bernardo is our President.

Honey, for goodness sake. You have to be more responsible.

But I'm in full campaign. What can I do, honey?

You have to take care of yourself, Bernardo,

don't mingle so much with the people,

don't go far away from your bodyguards.

But it's only five minutes. Nothing will happen to me.

Yes, of course, that's what Galán thought

when he went to that demonstration in Soacha. Is that what you want?

You are right, pussy cat.

Darling, believe me, I don't do this to make you uncomfortable,

but you have to be responsible.

But look around you,

we have 15 bodyguards, two armored vehicles,

everything is here to protect me.

- Please. - Even though both of us know

that this protection is not worth a cent.

Don't start again with the same thing. Again.

Look, Mariela, I'm running for the left-wing party to the Presidency.

When I accepted this nomination, I also accepted the possibility

of shedding my own blood in order to defend this ideal.

That is not going to happen.

Let's hope so. Let's hope I'm wrong,

but I can't run away

and much less turn my back on the responsibility I have in front of me.

My duty, darling, is to inevitably go on.

This series is freely adapted from La Parábola de Pablo by Alonso Salazar.

Based on news articles and real events, the historical facts are surrounded

by fictional characters and dialogues that recreate non-documented situations.