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

PABLO ESCOBAR, THE LORD OF EVIL

Honey, this is so lovely. What a beautiful scenery.

It's so nice not to be running all around a mall

and going into a theater. That's terrible.

We better take advantage of this scenery, because frankly,

I think this will be the last time we are going to be together like this, in peace.

The situation is getting very complicated.

And so you've been like this since you escaped from prison?

No, not at all,

before I still had some authority because my boys were outside, free.

- They were alive. - Yes, but believe me,

even though I had lost some of my boys and others were in jail,

we could have managed to balance things to a certain point.

What is a certain point, Pablo? Placing car bombs all over the place?

It is incredible how things can change one's life

from one day to the other, right, Patty?

One year ago, I was in the Cathedral controlling absolutely everything,

powerful, reorganizing myself, and now look at me, I've lost all I had.

I don't know when things got out of hand, I no longer have control.

Peluche, Marino and Crust are in jail,

Kiko was extradited to the United States for a crime he never committed

and then there is Cain, his brother,

who is dead keeping company to my cousin Gonzalo

and my brother-in-law Fabio.

- May they rest in peace. - Yes, so be it.

Vulture and Earring are also going to surrender

and to top it all, my man of confidence, the Mole,

which was all I had left, is now also dead.

And what about those men who have come out of jail

and were accused of Mr. Galán's assassination?

No, Patty, those are some miserable guys who had nothing to do with me

and much less with Mr. Galán's assassination.

All right, dear. What are you going to do now?

You've already said that, now you are alone,

before you were fighting for some benefits.

- Now what? - The only thing I know, Patty,

is that whatever happens I prefer to be dead than go to jail, forget it.

Besides, we are going to win this war, I am sure we are going to win.

We are well and we will continue to be well.

But who, Pablo? Who is going to win it?

You and the Citric? Both of you alone against the world?

We've been thinking to escape... to the mountain.

What do you mean he's going to become a guerrilla?

How are we supposed to interpret such madness?

This is no interpretation, Mr. President,

Pablo Escobar says that clearly

in the last statement he sent to the Attorney General.

This is unbelievable.

It says: "Therefore I wish to inform my determination

to found and lead a group to be called 'Rebel Antioquia'."

Let's hope he doesn't come out with the story that he wants

the Department of Antioquia to become independent of the rest of the country,

because nobody will believe him.

No, Mr. President, that's not what he's looking for, listen to this:

"As on other occasions I will always be willing to dialogue and to look for peace,

but from now on conditions for that will be the same used for all rebel groups,

- either subversive or guerrillas." - That man is out of his mind.

How can he expect us to negotiate with him as if he were a guerrilla?

He has the example of what happened with the MR20.

He's obviously trying to look for political treatment

in order to obtain some kind of pardon.

Minister, I won't accept any petitions from Pablo Escobar

and much less now that we have him cornered.

We need the Search Bloc to find him

and get rid of him immediately, do you understand?

Believe, colonel,

it was thanks to the information we received from one of Mole's employees

that we were able to locate him, he was the one who took us to his hideout.

Yes, Becerra, but my question is, how did you get to the employee?

Let's say it was intelligence work, colonel.

Come on, Becerra! We're too old to be playing around with this!

What happened?

All right then, it was a bandit if that's what you want to hear.

Shit! We've already had this conversation!

How am I supposed to make you understand

that I don't want the Search Bloc

to have any connection with the PEPES?

But, colonel, if it weren't for that crook,

Escobar's military leader would be in the streets happy and free.

Sorry for interrupting, colonel, but that's the truth.

I know how you feel about all this but you must understand the situation,

our objective is to capture Escobar, and Colonel Becerra

was only trying to get information in order to capture him, that's all.

Yes, information coming from crooks!

The same crooks that today work with the Public Prosecutor's Office,

and I repeat they've already been pardoned.

Colonel, please understand we are very close to achieving our goal

and we have done nothing unlawful.

Colonel Becerra and Major Aguirre, listen to me carefully,

because if I have to repeat this once more

I will ask them to dismiss you from active service.

Of course we are going to capture Escobar,

but only and exclusively with the support of the School of Police,

I don't want any other type of relationship with those crooks.

Is this clear or do I have to repeat it?

Okay, go and get dress because the mosquitoes are coming out already.

With all what I've said, Patty,

we have to try to get all of you out of the country.

But where to, Pablo? Where? That's not easy, honey.

I know it's not easy but please understand

that it's very difficult for me to move and reorganize myself

knowing you are running risk in the country.

Pablo, for goodness sake, we have always been in danger, we all know that.

The idea is for you to install yourselves in the apartment where we used to live

because I know you will be safe and sound there.

And what about you?

Well, for the time being I want you to go to a country where you can be safe.

Citric and I will go to the mountains, that's about the only thing we can do.

- Are we leaving? - Yes, son.

Dad, please don't give in, you can fight against them.

Come, remember what we've been talking about,

now you have to be the man, be very brave

and take care of the ladies of the house, you understand me?

- I'll see. - Yes, sir.

- Very brave. - Yes.

Come here, my little pumpkin pie.

My little doll, you know how much I love you,

that I would give my life for you, honey.

Even though we'll be separated for some time,

you know I will always have you in my heart and my soul, yes?

- All right, Daddy, here. - What is this? Is this for me?

Yes, but don't open it until you get home.

All right, fine, come let me hug both of you.

- I love you, Daddy. - I also love you very much.

Yes, Dad.

Okay, go ahead of me. I'll be right there.

- Don't forget. Very brave. - Bye, Dad.

Please don't cry in front of the children.

You cannt cry in front of the children, Patricia.

Right now, you have to be very strong,

you must behave like the lady you are

and think everything is going to come out just fine.

We've been in worse situations, Patty,

and I swear we will overcome this moment, okay?

Yes?

I love you very much, okay? I love you.

And I love you.

Don't cry.

This is so difficult.

That son of a bitch escaped, but we really scared him.

Over there, over there.

Pedro, you must talk with those people,

they can't go on just killing people all the time.

And what am I supposed to do? Can't you see we are in prison?

Talk with them. Mauricio Restrepo and the Moreno brothers still listen to you.

No, since I became neutral in this stupid war they are fighting,

I haven't talked to anyone.

What those people are doing is absurd.

I understand if they go after the guys that worked for us during all this time.

But for God's sake, why attorney Falcao Lopera?

Those people are not involved in this conflict.

What can we do, Peluche? Look, brother,

the PEPES are going to finish with everything involving Pablo Escobar.

What's more, if they discover the sheets

where he slept the night before, they'll burn them too.

You are the one who has to try to convince him to surrender to justice,

ask him to forget that bullshit

about becoming a guerrilla fighter at the last minute.

But he has everything ready, Pedro, and you know how Pablo is.

Look, at this stage,

without a military action to put bombs, do kidnapping,

murder important people and a bodyguard,

he has to understand that he has lost, kid, he lost.

Being free makes him think he is winning.

Yes, but at what price, man?

When the PEPES finish off with all those people around Pablo,

do you know whom they are going to go after?

Bullshit, they can't come after the families.

Well, they shouldn't,

this has always been clear between cartels,

but if they want to, they can.

Let me see.

Oh no! This is quite a house, Citric. It is great.

Boss, you taught me one should hide

right in front of those who are looking for you.

Look, this is the small living room so you can feel comfortable, here is the kitchen,

and over there at the back is your room, nice and comfortable,

and upstairs there's a small terrace.

Okay, good. And what is this? Did my mother send this?

Yes, sir, your mother.

- My mom is really something, right? - Yes, sir.

All right, Citric, do we have enough food?

Well, we need a couple of things, but not too many.

- What do you need? - Just a few things, boss.

- All right then, do me a favor. - Yes, sir.

When you go out to buy what we need

please bring me two or three toothbrushes,

toothpaste, soaps, you know, for personal hygiene, okay?

Fine, sir, but will you be all right alone?

- Yes, yes, don't worry. - Come over here, boss,

- here is your room. - Let me see.

Here at the back, it's very comfortable.

- This one here? - Yes, sir.

- Okay, fine. Go ahead, kid, go ahead. - Okay, boss.

- Come over here, Citric. - Sir?

I want you to know I'm very grateful

for everything you have done for me.

Boss, I'm also grateful to you for trusting me.

- Thank you, sir. - All right.

- Thank you, sir. - Thank you very much.

- I'll be right back, boss. - Thank you.

José Castañeda. There's nothing else for anyone.

- Don Alberto, here, this is for you. - What's this?

- I hope you didn't open it. - No, no, of course not, Don Alberto.

- How can you think that? - All right, kid, thank you.

And what have the doctors said, Mrs. Enelia?

That he is very ill. Just look at him, he's very ill, my dear.

Very ill?

Yes,

they can't say anything yet,

they must wait to see how bad the damage was,

however they say...

he might be blind and deaf.

Dear, please calm down,

don't lose your faith, pray to the Holy Child of Atocha.

He has always taken care of you since you were a little baby,

when you used to get so sick. You'll be all right.

This really pisses me off. All of this.

Why him? He was the best, the nicest person of all.

This is so unfair, Mrs. Enelia,

it's so unfair that he should be paying for what Pablo has done,

that we should all be paying for what Pablo has done.

When is all this going to end, my God?

Patty, we all know what could be the solution, right?

Yes, Mrs. Enelia, but Pablo will not turn himself in.

Well...

That means we all have to bear the consequences

because we are Pablo's family, his blood.

So if he doesn't want to surrender

and that means we all have to die,

well, dear, then I guess we'll all have to die.

At least I'm willing to.

We are finishing with everything he has, colonel,

we've burnt his houses, ranches, runaways, cars,

we've practically killed all his men. All we need now is find him and that's it.

But you have no idea where he's hiding.

If we knew where he's hiding you'd be praying over his tomb.

Remember that I should be the first one to know any information that you get.

We the police are the ones that must give this blow.

As you wish, Colonel. The only thing we care about

is for it to happen and to happen quickly,

because that son of a bitch, Pablo,

has been hiding for nearly a year now and we haven't been able to find him.

Okay and what happened with Peluche?

No, no, Colonel, don't start complaining.

You very well know that job had to be done.

But to send a bomb? A letter-bomb in the middle of the prison?

Don't be surprised, Colonel,

remember that Pablo Escobar has a wife, children, parents, sisters.

It sounds terrible but his family is the only Achilles heel he has left

and if we put pressure on them he might come out from his hideout.

Okay, Dad, these are the things we have been doing.

- And what do these devices do exactly? - Do you remember when I told you

there were some communication tracking equipment's

with a range of approximately 20 blocks?

Well with this equipment we have reduced those 20 blocks to 100 meters.

Is that so? And how do they operate in this case?

The signal reaches the main office, the main office sends it to this screen

and then we follow it with the mobile unit?

No, no, we do it directly from here to the satellite.

- We optimize time. - Yes, wait, Escobar is making a call.

Understand that what I need now

is that one of you come to Medellín to meet me.

Right now, it's impossible for me to go to the mountains.

We got him, he's about 15 blocks away.

Florez, go straight ahead, straight ahead and stop where those two blocks are.

All right then, tell your commander that fortunately I have other options in life.

If I can't join your group I can do it with any other guerrilla group

or maybe I'll form my own guerrilla organization.

Very well, perfect, I'll expect your call,

I will call you back shortly, thank you very much.

What happened, boss? Is everything okay?

These fucking guerrilla bastards, always talking of equality and human rights

and all they do is to think they are superior.

There's nothing we can do, Citric, we'll just have to go into the mountains.

Yes, boss. What a fucking problem with Peluche, right, sir?

Don't talk to me about that now.

It's here.

These are the 15 blocks the monitor was showing us.

But I don't see anyone.

Well, they might be in one of those houses, I don't know.

But according to the device they were here a minute ago

and now they are no longer here. So then?

Well, they might be using some kind of vehicle

that has mobile technology.

So that means they've escaped once again.

Colonel, what is important is that these equipment do function. Come.

Kid, come on, move. Where is the horse?

I don't know what you're talking about, sir.

- And what do we have here? - Nothing, sir.

Do you know which one is Peluche's beast?

You were the ones who sent that letter bomb to my son in jail, right?

Look, mister, we want to kill your son, but not Peluche,

we want to kill the head of the snake. Where is that horse?

- Where is Maremoto? - Nothing, sir.

- Where is the bloody horse? - He knows, sir.

Come on, show me the horse, get it out from there, hurry up.

No wonder there is so much affection for Maremoto?

Ramírez, get a group together,

get that out of there and start counting the money.

Bring the old man.

Sir.

- What's new? - Hello, Mireya.

- Sit down. - Thank you.

- Would you like to drink something? - All right, a beer, please.

- How did you get here? - Citric told me how.

- Don't tell me you feel suspicious. - No, no, no.

Pablo, why this house?

- Are you left with no money? - No money and no time,

but come on, let's go to my room.

Would you like a small massage?

- Yes, fine, go ahead. - Pablo...

I remember when you first arrived to the neighborhood.

There's no one there, brother. Come over here, relax. Come.

But do you remember? You weren't 25 yet.

And one could see that young boy so eager to have lots of money,

to have the world in his hands.

You did make more money than what you thought, right?

I don't know.

You're not going to like this,

but what goes up fast must come down fast

and right now you are coming down.

For the love of God, Pablo, surrender to the authorities.

- That's not going to happen, Mireya. - But what are you going to do then?

If you don't surrender, those cops or your enemies,

and you have many, will kill you.

Don't you think that if I'm in jail

after having surrendered to the army or to the PEPES,

they can't put a bomb to the site I'm detained?

That means heads, lose, tails, lose.

Look what happened to Peluche, he was in jail peacefully,

not harming or getting involved with anyone

and there they sent him a letter-bomb and blew his face.

Those jerks!

How is your family?

Mireya, I'm trying to get them out of the country.

Those jerks killed your brother-in-law,

then your cousin Gonzalo,

my brother who was the only person I had, then Mole.

You are the only one alive, Pablo, think about it.

You should take this opportunity to surrender even if only for your family.

- Mireya. - Tell me.

Can I ask you a great favor?

You know you can count on me for whatever.

Thank you, Patty.

With pleasure, aren't you going to add sugar?

No, dear, sugar is not good for me, thank you.

Do you know what has made me so happy, Mrs. Enelia?

I'm glad you've come to live here.

you can't imagine the company you are for me, a real relief.

Thank you, Patty, but we have to speed up those procedures

so you can leave the country.

The less time you spend here in the country the better for everyone,

the quicker you go abroad the more relaxed we'll be.

But before, I think we should convince Don Fidel to come and live here.

He is so lonely there, Mrs. Enelia.

The atomic bomb or a meteorite can fall on the city

and he won't move from there, he will stay with his cows.

Excuse me, excuse me.

What are you doing here? How did you get in, Citric?

I entered the building through the back

and used the service stairs to get to the apartment.

There are some cops in front of the building and I had to mislead them.

I nearly had a heart attack, I can hardly talk, man.

- How is Pablo? - The boss wants to see Emilio.

What do you mean? What for?

Aren't you going to answer me? Tell me why are you taking Emilio?

Emilio, dear, please come down.

- Hello, Emilio. - Daddy.

I am so happy! Citric, is everything okay?

Everything is fine, boss, nobody followed us.

- Are you sure? - Absolutely.

- No problems? - None, boss.

- Thank you very much, kid. - You know I'm here to serve you, boss.

Come, come over here, Emilio, sit down, this is your house, son.

- Yes, Dad. - Sit down comfortably.

- Do you want to eat something? - No, Dad.

Are you sure? We can prepare something for you.

Citric can do it, right?

- Yes, sir. - No, Dad, I'm okay.

- Whatever you want. - No, Dad.

All right. Something to drink then? Bring him something to drink.

- Yes, sir. - Thank you, Citric.

You're welcome, boss.

- Come, Citric. - Sir.

- Let's get this out of here. - Let me do that, boss.

- Take this away too. - Okay, boss.

Keep that and bring me something to eat also.

Come on, Dad.

I'm so happy.

- How have you been? - Very well, Dad.

- Is everything all right? - Yes, sure. How about you?

I'm okay, but listen carefully to what I have to say, Emilio.

I want you to know I'm doing everything possible

- to get you all out of the country. - To go where?

I don't know yet, but I have very good lawyers and they are in charge of this.

So then you will be going to the mountains?

Yes, Emilio, that decision has already been made.

I think it is the best for all of us and please don't worry about me

because I'll be very well in the jungle.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

Listen, Dad, why don't you tell me exactly what's going to happen?

Emilio, for the safety of both of us

I can't tell you all the truth, do you understand me?

But I want you to remember all we've talked about,

my advice on how things should be done in life.

You'll have to take charge

when you go abroad to live and when I go to the jungle.

You'll have to become the man of the house for those three women,

your mother, my mother and Daniela, do you understand?

Yes, sir.

I want you to promise you are going to be courageous,

that you will take care and protect them, that you will give them advice.

Yes, yes, Dad, relax, I'll take good care and protect them.

You're really a champ! Thank you so much, Emilio.

But, Dad, listen,

aren't you going to say good-bye to my mother and little Daniela?

No, no, I can't do that.

It's very hard for me.

All right, let's stop this nonsense.

Go to my room. I have a surprise for you there.

- Go ahead, son. - Okay.

- Citric, come over here. - Tell me, boss.

Take Emilio to the room so he can see his present.

- All right, sir. - Go with Citric, go ahead.

Hi, Emilio!

Come.

Sit down here.

Don't worry...

Come here, Maria José, did you give the letters to Patricia?

But of course I did. My sister-in-law is so distressed.

Something has to be done, Pablo, but really fast.

I managed to make the German government receive them there.

Really? And was that easy?

We have to finalize details with the lawyers and do some paper work,

and I think that will solve this problem.

Sure.

Pablo, now that Patti and the children are going to be abroad

why you don't take this opportunity and surrender?

Look at yourself in the mirror. Have you seen yourself?

Watching through a window thinking when they are going to get you.

Have you thought about your children?

About that little girl going from place to place,

your wife bringing up the children completely alone?

What good does all the money in the world do, Pablo?

You don't even know how much money you have

and here you are hiding like a rat.

Gonzalo is dead,

and now what can you say about your brother Peluche?

He's nearly blind and deaf, the country is a mess.

You have the tools to end all this right away, Pablo!

I'm going to bed.

Darling, please don't worry about anything,

I've already found the way to solve this situation.

You'll be going to Europe,

where you can start a new life while I redo mine here in Colombia.

This way, in no time we will be together again.

I love you.

My little honey bun.

Don't ever stop painting and always remember

that although I'm not the best father in the world, as you say...

He is the best father, isn't he?

Yes, yes he is. "I will always love and take care of you

and don't worry because I'm going to keep my promise."

We have Escobar so cornered that apparently he only has time to write.

Now what did he do?

He wrote a letter to the Attorney General,

it seems that now he is seriously considering his surrender.

- And do you believe him, Minister? - No, but I think it's much better

having him in front of a typewriter than putting bombs.

He no longer has any maneuvering capacity to do harm, Ismael,

and as you said, Escobar has no way out.

He's hiding somewhere and can't come out.

And apparently with enough time to commit to each word he writes.

Listen to this: "I would accept to go to the prison in Itagüí

where the Motoa brothers are, but on one condition."

That you offer a reward on television for the Cali people.

They are the miserable and insensitive terrorists

that put the bomb in the Monaco Building.

Today they control 100% of cocaine trafficking from Colombia

and what is worse, they are allied with the criminal police,

just as the Army is allied

with the sadistic and bloodthirsty paramilitaries

of Antioquia and Cordoba commanded by the Moreno brothers,

cowards and savage assassins of all left-wing politicians of this country,

including two presidential candidates.

"If the Medellín cartel is pursued, the Cali cartel should also be pursued,

"if the guerrilla is pursued, the paramilitaries should also be pursued.

"These two groups make up the criminal

and assassin apparatus called the PEPES."

The other member is the criminal police

that with their disproportionate and unfair activities

and clearly violating the human rights of the people,

associate themselves with the worst bandits

which the very same institution pursues.

I have always looked for peace and longed for it.

If I surrender myself to the Colombian justice

I am willing to confess everything.

If I put money up for the assassination of Mr. Guillermo Cano

I will recognize this,

if I was involved in the assassination of Minister Rodrigo Lara

I will recognize this,

if I had anything to do with the assassination

of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento, I will recognize this.

"This will be fully clarified. Regarding my family..."

I propose the following,

that the United States of America reconsider

their unfair and arbitrary position of not wanting to receive my family

and allow them to travel to their country

without demanding my presence

at the airport in Bogotá.

For this they have my authenticated authorization

with Notary's signature and seal.

Meanwhile, that my family,

as well as my mother and father, who is a simple farmer,

can count on the permanent protection of the National Army.

Whenever you say, I got him.

No, I only see two women and a little girl,

I don't see the boy anywhere.

Don't worry, Restrepo, they have confirmed that Emilio is there.

Besides that little brat is the one we really have to get,

because if he remains alive, he'll come after us.

As soon as we blow all his family, Escobar will come out from his hideout.

But do you think this will reach that far? We are too far away.

Listen to him. Would you like a hot chocolate or something?

Did we come here to talk or to shoot?

Okay. Go ahead then.

It seems that thing didn't explode.

Come on, come on, it will explode in no time.

Come on. Let's go!

Here, hold your granny.

Is little Daniela all right? Is the girl okay?

Daniela, talk to me.

Emilio, call an ambulance!

Oh, it hurts, but it's better if you don't... don't...

Emilio, call an ambulance!

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.