num_pages: 336
description: Chronicles the kidnapping of ten Colombians by Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar in 1990, the pressure put on the government to protect members of the cartel from extradition, and the toll taken on the families of the hostages.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Noticia de un secuestro
titlecomplete: Noticia de un secuestro
genres: Latin American, True Crime, History, Politics, Crime, Spanish Literature, Nobel Prize, Nonfiction, Journalism, Literature
ratings_count: 13636
places: Colombia
publisher: Penguin Books