A lot of good cops died. Pena had a long Getty ImagesActor Pedro Pascal (left), who portrays Javier Pea (right) in the Netflix hit Narcos. Though many viewers went into the first two seasons knowing details about Pablo Escobar, Cali was a lesser-known story. That was home, where he felt comfortable and knew people. "Colonels Carrillo and Pinzon are both based on Colonel Hugo Martinez," Newman has explained. ", The real leader of the Search Bloc, Hugo Martinez, is still alive today. But they had gotten comfortable in that lifestyle. Pena tells THR the realMoncadawas a "major force behind Los Pepes" and that they were told Don Bernawas an informant working with the Search Bloc, authorized by the then-Attorney General. The (Bogot) agent was unable to dissuade those involved in the investigation, and it finally took off with the assistance of the NSA, the memo states. WebJune 21, 2013 / 12:51 PM / AP. He arrived in Colombia in 1988 and immediately set to work establishing contacts with the Colombian police. The acrylic was then shipped to the United States and Europe where, during processing, the cocaine was extracted from the acrylic.. The penultimate episode sees Escobar retreating to his father's farm. DEA agents seen as untouchable among drug cartels "A lot of people didnt know about the Cali cartel. As he recalled: I got to Colombia in 88, at the height of the Escobar search. Will they step up to the plate on this story, given their penchant for adhering to the standard drug-war script? Such a debriefing, based on what I learned in a few hours, would take days. If we can put them together with the Public Integrity Section, they assured me that other agents who have to this point remained silent for fear of retaliation will come forward. WebAllegation Two:Bogot DEA Agents Imprison and Possibly Conspire to Murder Informants to Prevent Their Travel to U.S. A separate DEA group, also based in Florida, ran into Obviously, that list is very, very short. The bottom line: Gallardo went way too far by targeting Camarena. The writers just really astound me. The following is from a 2004 report prepared for Congress by the Congressional Research Service: Kent contends, in the memorandum, that during the wiretap, the corrupt Bogot DEA agent discusses his involvement in laundering money for the AUC. But despite being caught on tape admitting to helping the most murderous political force in the hemisphere today to launder the money from their extensive drug trafficking operations, the agent faced no punishment.
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