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

PABLO ESCOBAR, THE LORD OF EVIL

Lucho, everyone in the neighborhood is scared to death

after that awful shooting when Don Sancho and Don Poncho were killed.

No one dares go outside.

Seems right, with the assualt on the square.

And since they took them immediately, we didn't know where they were buried.

I think they should tell the people from the neighborhood

because you know how much they love them.

Hey, you look excited. Why is that?

- No, sir. - Listen, Armando,

you'll probably have to bring them the message, buddy.

Which one?

Which one? Why do you want to know so soon? Don't run because you may fall.

Watch it, son. Get inside.

Go ahead. Relax.

Poncho, look what I brought you.

Boss.

- What a surprise. You're alive. - Did you want to see me dead or what?

No, no, sir. Of course not.

Everybody in the neighborhood thinks you're dead,

but this is a miracle, sir.

The miracle is to see you alive, Armando.

I haven't forgotten that the day they fucked me over and killed Sancho,

you ran like a rabbit.

Yes, they told me you started to run like a sissy.

No, you have to understand I had to protect myself.

- Besides, that day I didn't-- - Besides nothing.

You are not only a sissy but a coward. Where is Poncho's money?

Fifteen million, brother. You were supposed to have them in January.

Oh no, sir. I haven't forgotten that money.

But since everyone thought he was dead and we had just had Christmas--

Oh yeah, and you haven't even asked about him.

That's not the way things are, Armando.

We've treated you very well and you came out with nothing. That's not fair.

You know something? We need that money, son.

I'm going to pay it off. I swear I'm going to pay it, sir. I swear.

Listen to me.

You have 24 hours to get that money,

- otherwise you know what will happen. - You heard him.

Beat it, you cheating shit,

and thank me for not fucking you.

Come, Poncho, relax. Lie down.

Some sunshine will do you good, pal.

You know what? Watch that coward because he'll run.

The surrender policy of President Gaviria has started to bear fruit.

Brothers Pedro and Julio Motoa,

considered to be important leaders of the Medellín Cartel

and covered by Decree 3030 of 1990,

have just surrendered to justice.

The country thanks you for the decision you have made, sirs.

And we thank you for your will

and persistence to attain our surrender.

I wonder why your other brother didn't join you.

No, that's not it, sir.

He's going to wait a while to see how things come out with us.

To see if we have a government that complies

and we don't end up in the United States like rats.

You don't have to worry.

And what about Pablo?

Hey, watch it. We have visitors.

Okay, copy that. Don't worry. We won't take long anyway.

Pablo, I think we should leave, we're taking too much of a risk.

Wait, wait, Peluche. Let's accompany cousin Gonzalo for five minutes.

You can't be ungrateful.

All right. Let's pray five paternosters and we'll leave.

Relax, cousin.

While you rest as you deserve,

Peluche and I will take revenge for your death.

I know that Gonzalo is going to rest when we have justice.

When we have justice for the unfair way they got inside his house,

which they entered just to kill him. That's why they were disguised.

- Of course. - Those rats.

In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

Holy Father who art in heaven.

So Mireya, are you going to help me with the money?

Did I kill a priest or what? I don't have any money. I don't.

Don't lie to me. You're Chili's sister.

Leave Chili alone.

All due respect, but that guy didn't take all his money to the grave, did he?

I don't know where he left it.

Mireya, I beg you.

Do you think I became a whore again for my own pleasure? Huh? Tell me.

- I know you didn't. - Look at you.

Ask your criminal friends who has the money here.

How are you, Madam?

Tell me:

- how much did you owe him? - Only 15 million.

And how much do you still owe?

- Fourteen. - This...

But, Mireya, if I don't get that money, they'll kill me.

Will you be able to live with that guilt? Please, Mireya.

I wish I could do more.

I don't know, to have something solid, but I have nothing.

- Excuse me, Colonel. - What's up?

A man says he has information about the hostages and wants to talk to you.

I have to hang up, darling.

I love you, too.

Bye.

Hello.

This is Colonel Martín Pabón. Who is this?

What did he tell you about the hostages?

- That he had key information. - Good. Where can we find him?

We can send an ops team to him immediately.

Aguirre, we're not sending anybody.

Why not?

Because rescuing hostages isn't our mission.

We're here to dismantle the Medellín Cartel.

But the Medellín Cartel was the one that kidnapped all those people.

Yes, the Extraditable group.

And even if we assume they are the ones, I repeat

that rescuing hostages isn't our mission. That's what the Police are for.

- But Colonel... - The General agrees with me, Aguirre.

With all due respect for you and the General, I disagree.

I think that if we follow the hostages

and the kidnappers, they will take us to Escobar.

It will happen, Aguirre, but the Police as an institution, not us.

Thank you for meeting me.

It's my pleasure, Mr. Villamizar.

Please help clear something up for us.

How exactly can we help you?

It's not a matter of how you're going to help me,

but what I'm going to propose will be convenient for you too.

Listen, sir, the truth is that we don't have anything to do

with the kidnapping of your sister, your wife, and none of the journalists.

But you have been very close to Escobar. You've even been partners.

Well, yes, but that has nothing to do with it.

Listen, Pedro. I want to let you know

what my position and that of the hostages' families is.

In six months, we haven't heard anything from the Extraditable group.

We know nothing. We don't know what they want,

what they're asking for, nothing.

If you knew Pablo, you would understand that's part of his strategy.

Precisely because I don't know him, I need you to help me contact him.

Listen, the Government wants Escobar to surrender to justice just as you did

and I am authorized to consider any approach

that will lead to that man's surrender.

Mr. Villamizar,

believe us that if we could help we would gladly do it,

but there is no way to do it now.

You know perfectly well you are the only ones that can help me.

Yes, but look where we are.

Do you think that, locked in here, we can get in touch with Escobar?

Relax.

Berenice, relax. Breathe deeply, that's going to help you.

- No, Maruja, it hurts a lot. - I know it hurts a lot.

I really need a doctor.

I already told them but they say they aren't authorized.

- That's a lie. - With the food they give us,

anyone can get sick.

Carmiña, calm down because that won't help her.

- Oh God, it hurts so much. - I know it hurts.

But pay attention to me. Breathe deeply through your nose.

- How is she doing? - She needs a doctor. She's very sick.

- Yes, please. - Can she die?

She's been like that for hours. That's not normal.

- Here, take this. - What's that?

My wife takes it when she's feeling sick. It may help her.

Sir, how can you think that a pill for cramps is going to cure an ulcer?

- Oh, it doesn't matter. - Don't take it. It can be dangerous.

It doesn't matter. I'll take any relief.

Please, for God's sake, bring someone to check on her.

Yes, please.

Insist on asking for the doctor, please.

Since that moment I started to think that my life is in danger.

According to Colonel Pabón,

you contacted him because you're thinking about helping us.

No, sir, I never said I was going to help you. What I want is for you to help me.

What did you say your name was?

Armando Pantoja.

Very good, Pantoja. I'll explain to you how things work here.

The Police give back based on what they receive.

Why don't you tell me then what you know about the hostages?

First I need you to tell me how you're going to help me.

That means I need you to guarantee

that I'm not going to end up in jail or who knows where.

Pantoja, don't pretend you didn't hear me.

I've clearly told you that the Police give back what they get,

so tell me: where are the hostages?

Answer, Pantoja.

Sir, I can tell you where the ones who planned all the kidnappings are.

Don't worry. I won't get my eyes off that guy.

Least he won't be able to get the money and get away.

If he's planning to escape, he better take his whole family with him,

otherwise I'll look for them and I will kill them all.

Just calm down. That's what you get from acting so hastily, huh?

- Don't nag me. - Hey, listen to me instead.

Don't touch me.

Hey, son.

Guess where we're going? The whore house.

I'll pay for the drinks. Want to come or what?

- Are you sure that business is yours? - Listen, I hear something strange.

They got us, Kevin. The guns. Keep watching.

Shoot. Shoot.

Go ahead, go ahead, Poncho.

Shoot, man! Shoot!

I'll be walking out of here dead, you jerks.

- Ammunition. - Lucho.

Damned cops.

It's always the same shit! They fire first and then ask questions!

What do you want them to ask? The Chuscos were criminals, Pablo.

Stop playing the fool, Peluche, okay?

- Fool? I'm a fool? - You don't realize it.

Watch it, sir.

Don't you realize that the criminal police have no interest in capturing us?

They want us dead, Peluche!

That's what happened with Chili, then with my cousin Gonzalo, and now this!

Yeah, boss, those sons of bitches are killing us all.

Fuck off. I'm sure that a fucking snitch has infiltrated the Chuscos group.

An armed chopper doesn't appear just like that.

Yes, yes, boss. Let me take care of it. I have my leads.

Listen, let me find out and I'll let you know in no time.

This attack from the Government will be met with an even worse one.

Just tell us what has to be done, boss.

We're going to kill a hostage.

Pablo. Pablo, those people have nothing to do with those deaths.

I don't give a shit!

Don't you see that the Government, through its criminal police force,

is killing all our collaborators? And then they come out very proudly

saying they have just given a harsh blow to the Medellín Cartel.

Forget it. We're going to strike a blow just like that to them!

- By killing a hostage? - One or two! As many as necessary!

In war, there are no truces or isolated facts! Get that through your head!

Every action has its deserved reaction, and we're going to give it to them!

Get even with the Police, man!

Don't worry about them because they are going to have it worse.

Candonga, I need you to gather all hostages we have in Medellín.

- All of them together. - Who should we start with, boss?

Listen, Pablo. Please think about this, will you?

Don't do something stupid. Calm down.

Sleep on it, and we'll talk tomorrow, okay? Please.

Don't grab me. Don't grab me.

I brought a cot for you.

Mrs. Diana.

- I'm so happy to see you. - Ronald.

What are you doing here? What did they tell you?

I was falling asleep and they said: "Hurry. You're being transferred."

I'm so happy to see you, because I thought they were going to kill us.

No, no. Listen. You mustn't think that.

Can't you see they need us alive? They can't do anything to us.

But you don't know how much I thank them for having brought you here.

Maybe it's convenient for them to have us together.

This solitude was getting unbearable.

You're telling me. You have no idea what I felt when they released Omar.

It's not that I didn't want it, but you get what I mean, right?

Yes. Can you imagine how happy Omar, Harold

and Jose felt when they released them?

I can't stop dreaming about the day

they release the rest of us.

To see the sky again, to feel the air on your face, the sun.

I don't know, to see the stars, the city. Can you imagine it?

To be hugged by our parents, to hug our children,

my husband, my family.

I can't stop dreaming about all that.

And do you really think they will let us go soon?

God willing. I think they will.

But let's change the subject. Tell me,

what happened to you after we were separated?

Because when they released Azucena, they transferred me alone again.

How are they treating you? Have they respected you? Are you been treated well?

- Lieutenant. - Yes, Colonel?

Tell Colonel Fernández that we found the site already.

As you say, Colonel.

There is absolutely nothing in here.

That's not my fault, sir.

Don't try to be funny, Pantoja. Who brought us to this house?

This is where they had Mrs. Turbay and the journalist that was released.

But I imagine they were transferred to another house, weren't they?

Of course. This wasn't the help you offered me.

I took you where the kidnappers of all those people were,

and then I brought you here. I don't know. I already did my job, sir.

I'm going to refresh your memory, Pantoja.

You and I made a deal where it was clear

that I would get results with your help, but I haven't gotten anything.

The three kidnappers are dead, aren't they?

I don't care about the dead ones.

I'm after those still alive, and you're going to take me to them.

Well, I don't know if I can help, because this is the only house I know.

Pantoja, don't play dumb.

You have to know where the Chuscos have other properties. So talk now.

Your collaboration with the Police isn't finished yet.

I really don't know. I already told you everything I promised you,

so I don't need to say anything more.

Great. So you're saying you don't want our protection.

I'll warn you that all your criminal friends will know

you went behind your bosses backs,

and don't think it'll be easy for you to find safety. Let's go.

Thank you very much, General. Let me know if you have any new information.

My congratulations to your team.

The Police found one of the houses where the hostages were held.

Please, Mr. President, stop those police actions. Hostages could be killed.

Mrs. Nydia, we were following a clue. The Police must continue working.

What if one of the hostages had been there?

I agree, I really do.

I think that the idea of a rescue is too risky.

Mrs. Nydia, Mr. Villamizar, it's not easy to admit it.

I'm also very worried about what might happen to my sister,

but I trust that the Government

as well as the Police will go on doing their job.

Is that Chuscos gang you've just killed a part of the Medellín Cartel?

They are the ones in charge of the kidnapped people.

And I don't think the Extraditable are very happy, Mr. President.

Probably, but it is best for them to understand that the Government

is not sitting on its hands waiting for them to come to us.

That should put pressure on them.

Well, that's very dangerous too,

because we don't know exactly how they'll react, Mr. President.

And in the meantime, my daughter and the other hostages are still kidnapped

without any plan in progress to free them.

Mrs. Nydia, I promise you that if the Police give me any clue

as to the whereabouts of any of the hostages, I'll commit myself

to inform the family before proceeding. Is that acceptable?

And what has happened to the dialogue with the Extraditable?

Mr. Villamizar is in charge of that.

Hello.

Mr. Santana, it's for you, from the newspaper.

Thank you.

After several days of silence,

the Extraditable have sent a new Communication

stated to be a result of the recent actions of the police force

they accuse of murdering innocent people in the Department of Antioquia:

"One of our hostages will pay with their life

for the abuses of this brutal and homicidal force."

- What's up, dumpling? - Hi, long time no see.

- Where are we going? - To Guaimaral airfield.

What's up, boys? C'mon, let's go.

JANUARY 24TH 1991

- I'm glad you feel better. - Thank you.

Did you see that the pill the guy gave me worked?

Of course.

They know we must be well,

or it can be much worse for them.

I feel so envious seeing you smoking,

enjoying the cigarette, calming your anxiety

while I chew my fingers, bite my nails, everything.

Carmiña,

don't forget you invited us to dinner as soon as we get out of here.

No, I won't forget it. Whatever you want.

My mouth waters when I think of the good Paisa dish

- we are going to have in your restaurant. - You are really something, Berenice.

Thinking about a Paisa dish when you have such a tummy ache.

This means you are cured.

Madam, you're coming with me. Come on, let's go.

- No, no. - How come? Where are you going?

To another house. Let's go, let's go.

You aren't taking me anywhere. You're going to kill me.

Don't say that, Carmiña. You're probably going to be released.

She won't go. We're in this together.

- If she leaves, the three of us leave. - We're leaving now.

Maruja. Maruja, calm down, please.

Calm down. Maruja, calm down.

Everything is okay. Let me get my belongings.

No, you don't need them. Let's go, let's go.

Let me say goodbye. Wait.

Carmiña.

Please tell Alberto and my children that I love them very much, okay?

You know I won't be able to give them that message.

You know that won't be possible.

- God bless you. See you on the outside. - I'll see you. Amen.

Have this.

If they are going to do anything to you, take it.

- You'll go to sleep immediately, okay? - Thank you.

- Madam, let's go. Come on. - All right.

Okay, let's go.

Maruja, do you think they will release her?

We all knew we were in the savanna but not so near Bogota.

Bogota is about half an hour or less away.

At this time of day, it's quite clear.

Where are you taking me?

Get in, get in.

I'm very pleased to see you again, Madam.

How have they treated you?

- We've closed already. - Oh Madam, please help us.

You can't imagine how hungry we are.

You.

- Me what? - You were...

I was what? This old woman is crazy, brother.

Don't tell me you're giving her that junk you take, asshole. Be serious.

The lady has been cuckoo since she arrived, you hear?

Isn't she?

You aren't going to release me.

You're going to kill me.

At least have the courage to look me in the eyes

and tell me you're going to assassinate me.

Assassinate? No way, Madam.

We're releasing you.

Be patient for a while. I'm going to take you to Bogota.

I'm a gentleman and won't abandon you. How could you think that? Right, buddy?

Yes. Yes, sir.

I've been waiting for death for months and months,

day after day, in that damp and dismal room,

waiting for her to come for me

with her black cloak and her sickle.

That's why I know she has knocked on my door tonight.

I'll die today,

but not for the will of God,

but for the will of that man who is the devil on earth.

I'll die today.

However, as with all those sentenced to death,

I want you to fulfill my last wish:

tell my children I love them,

and tell my brother Daniel

that you are the only ones to blame.

We all must accept God's will

and understand that no matter how painful

those acts can be, they are allowed by the Creator.

Lord, we place in your hands this day that has gone by

and the upcoming night.

Mrs. Nydia, the Government has already issued the decree,

including the changes requested by Escobar.

Yes, yes, I know, Decree 3030,

but you know,

they say that, before September 5, 1990,

those who have committed any of the crimes established

in Law 30 of 1986 will get penalty reduction benefits.

But kidnapping is a continuing offense,

the date has to be changed. If Escobar doesn't feel included,

he isn't going to give in or release any of the hostages.

Mrs. Nydia, we are checking

the legal viability of all options.

Mr. President, I heard a decree...

is awaiting your signature.

I beg you to do it, because time is running short and we face a high risk.

Mrs. Nydia, as the President told you,

we are weighing the possible legal consequences of changing that decree.

As soon as we have an answer, we will get in touch with you.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

- Amen. - Amen.

What happened to that old woman? Oh, look. Look.

Well, no news is good news.

I agree.

Perhaps it was a threat from the Extraditable

to relieve the pressure they're facing and shake off the Police for a while.

Or maybe they've killed someone and we haven't found out.

You had the chance to negotiate with Escobar

or his subordinates for a while and you somehow know him.

Why doesn't he ever talk about negotiating?

Well, I don't know him the way you think,

but when he publicly threatens someone, he means it.

But that is absurd. To attain what he wants,

- he needs to keep the hostages alive. - Not necessarily Mr. Villamizar,

to attain what he wants

all he needs is to keep just one of those he has kidnapped alive.

I've been thinking, and there is something that definitely doesn't fit.

Sir.

Either the Vulture is playing the fool regarding the mission to kill that woman

or the Police are playing the fool regarding the corpse.

Look, boss. I am sure that the Vulture won't fail you.

He'll finish the mission. He'll get to Medellín today.

It's very strange, Marino.

It's very strange that nobody has found that dead woman

in a city of six million inhabitants. That can't be.

So logic tells me that if the Vulture is being honest with me

and carried out the mission completely,

the Police must have already found her corpse.

It's possible that the Police have her already,

but aren't releasing the information. You get me?

Well, we'll see how long that secret can last.

- Did you find something? - No, nothing.

There is no report of a missing woman with these characteristics.

Tell me all you know, Pantoja.

Talk now

or face the consequences.

But I already told you everything I know.

Don't play dumb with me, Pantoja.

You know very well you haven't told me the whole truth.

Of course. They already killed all the Chuscos.

Oh, what a great plan. Of course,

that's why you collaborated with us, right?

We took the Chuscos out of your way so that they wouldn't kill you,

and you are just calm and carefree. Fine, very well thought out.

The reason why I collaborated with you isn't important.

The fact is that I complied with my part of the deal

and you have to comply with yours.

Now the kid is demanding.

You know what? I no longer want anything.

Let me go, okay?

Didn't you say you were afraid to go out on the street?

Yes, but I'm not stupid enough to not be able to defend myself.

Pantoja.

What if I told you I'm going to sue you for kidnapping?

Because you were an accomplice,

you were found in the same house the Chuscos were captured.

You know that's not true.

What I know doesn't matter, Pantoja.

All that matters is what I tell the judge.

What else do you want me to tell you? I've already told you all I know.

You know that's not true. You have to know more properties of the Chuscos.

You told me you did. So talk now.

I warn you.

I'm waiting, Pantoja.

I can't believe that none of us can sleep in that bed.

I got used to the mattress already.

Where do you think they took her?

- Good morning. - Where did you take Carmiña?

I've told you a thousand times that she's in another house.

They took her to another house. And stop that radio noise.

I don't believe a word of what he said.

But if something bad happened, we'd find out through the news, right?

Well, yes, but if she was taken to another house,

why didn't they allow her to take her belongings with her?

STRENGTH, BOSS

Since you've arrived, I've felt much safer, really.

- What's wrong? - Watch it.

I hope you won't try to escape.

Oh stop it. You've said that a thousand times.

That if the Police come to rescue us,

that if we try to escape, you will kill us.

I hope you don't forget that.

How boring.

I don't know how to explain it,

or maybe it's that I'm getting used to this confinement,

but things have been quite different since the day you arrived.

Alone, I doubt I would have lasted much longer.

Mrs. Diana, I've also felt better since coming here.

But you don't get used to this, you know?

I'm sure that you are going to be the next one to be released. Cheer up.

Pardon me, but I hope you are wrong.

Because I want them to release the both of us.

No one can stay alone anymore. I hope so.

What's wrong? Don't tell me you lost your memory.

No, it's not that.

But from up here you don't know where you are. You get disorientated.

You better orient yourself because I can't go back without results.

So, go ahead.

Look, look. Do you see that road over there?

Straight ahead, the fourth gate to the left, that's the entrance to the farm.

Are you sure or are you pulling my leg?

Sure, sir, sure. But move fast before I get lost again.

I will follow your instructions.

Captain, turn to the left. Your landing is clear to descend.

Report our landing coordinates so support will wait for us.

Oh no. At least leave the radio.

Hey. What's going on? Why are we left with nothing?

They said no more news, okay?

Cool it, cool it.

Let's go!

The hostages escaped. Shoot them. Shoot them.

Mrs. Diana.

- It's okay. Run, run. - What happened?

Run. Take off that hat.

- Ronald, please. - What happened?

Relax. Relax, Mrs. Diana. Everything is going to be okay.

Give this... give this pendant to my mother.

Ask her to baptize Miguel. Run.

Why didn't you tell me? I'd have helped you.

No. I have to write this myself.

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.