num_pages: 296
description: A tour de force of investigative journalism-this 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 only end 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 Cisar 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.
language: English
title: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
titlecomplete: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
genres: True Crime, Crime, History, Military Fiction, Audiobook, Biography, Military History, War, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 17647
places: Colombia
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Cornelius Ryan Award
publisher: Penguin Books