Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw

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Riveting chronicle of Escobar's criminal empire demise.

If you're fascinated by the darker corners of history, "Killing Pablo" will grip you with its detailed account of the notorious Pablo Escobar's takedown. Mark Bowden delivers a journalistic masterpiece, uncovering deep secrets and providing a narrative so intense, it might remind you of a high-stakes thriller – only every word is true. This book transports you to the heart of a national crisis, exposing the raw human forces behind law, order, and chaos.

  • Cornelius Ryan Award (2001)
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ISBN: 9780802127730
Authors: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Press
Date of Publication: 2018-02-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Politics, History, Journalism, War, Biography
Goodreads rating: 3.98
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A tour de force of investigative journalism, Killing Pablo is the story of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the head of the Colombian Medellin cocaine cartel. Escobar's criminal empire held a nation of thirty million hostage in a reign of terror that would end only with his death. In an intense, up-close account, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden exposes details never before revealed about the U.S.-led covert sixteen-month manhunt. With unprecedented access to important players--including Colombian president Cesar Gaviria and the incorruptible head of the special police unit that pursued Escobar, Colonel Hugo Martinez--as well as top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's intercepted phone conversations, Bowden has produced a gripping narrative that is a stark portrayal of rough justice in the real world.
 

Riveting chronicle of Escobar's criminal empire demise.

If you're fascinated by the darker corners of history, "Killing Pablo" will grip you with its detailed account of the notorious Pablo Escobar's takedown. Mark Bowden delivers a journalistic masterpiece, uncovering deep secrets and providing a narrative so intense, it might remind you of a high-stakes thriller – only every word is true. This book transports you to the heart of a national crisis, exposing the raw human forces behind law, order, and chaos.

  • Cornelius Ryan Award (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.