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1993 Bogotá bombing

On January 30, 1993, Bogotá was **bombed** by the Medellín cartel on the order of Pablo Escobar. On the previous night, Nelson Hernández Lucumí and his team parked a blue sedan loaded with 220 pounds of explosives on a busy shopping street. The bomb exploded during peak shopping hours the next day, killing more than 24 and wounding scores of others.

The bombing resulted in mass demonstrations calling for the death of Escobar.

## Background

After Escobar's escape from his private prison, his enemies grouped together and created Los PEPES, a vigilante death squad to hunt down members of Escobar's organization. Despite being illegal, the Colombian government under César Gaviria refused to condemn the actions of Los Pepes, as they viewed it as an indirect ally in the fight against Escobar. Los Pepes managed to kill several lieutenants of Escobar, and also succeeded in shutting down many of his drug labs.

In December 1992, Los Pepes mounted an unsuccessful attack on Escobar's family. The fugitive drug lord decided to send his family to Germany, but his efforts were thwarted by the DEA and the Colombian government, as they felt that Escobar's family could be used as leverage against him. Escobar's family was placed under the protection of the Colombian ministry of Justice by Attorney-General Gustavo de Greiff, who was also negotiating Escobar's surrender.

Enraged that the government was more interested in preventing his family from seeking asylum than fighting Los Pepes, Escobar had Nelson 'Blackie' Hernández gather the largest car bomb and detonate it as close as to the Presidential Palace as possible.

## Aftermath

The bombing resulted in a nationwide wave of anger against Escobar. Escobar subsequently refused to negotiate his surrender to de Greiff until his family is granted asylum in another country. The Cali cartel used this opportunity to have Hélmer Herrera take over Escobar's organization in Miami. The Gallon gang which was earlier allied to Escobar switched sides and joined the Los Pepes.

Juan Diego Díaz, also known as *La Quica* became increasingly anxious about associating himself with Escobar. He killed Ricardo Prisco, the leader of Los Priscos and Jose Rojas, Escobar's chief accountant and attempted to escape Colombia with Escobar's money before being apprehended by the DEA. Blackie was arrested in Bogotá a few weeks later, and this led to the collapse of the Medellín cartel.
Fernando Botero Zea

**Fernando Botero Zea** was the Minister of Defense of Colombia from 1994 till 1995, as part of President Ernesto Samper's cabinet.

When the Samper presidential campaign was facing heavy losses during the 1994 presidential election, he received over $6 million from the Cali Cartel via art collector Santiago Medina, which helped Samper win the elections. In return for the money, Botero and Medina negotiated a surrender deal with Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, the leader of the cartel. However, before the deal could be put into motion, the Search Bloc with assistance from the DEA arrested Gilberto.

Staying true to the deal between the cartel, the Colombian upper echelon dismissed Hugo Martinez, the CNP official responsible for Gilberto's arrest. Under the pretense of national sovereignty, he made sure that the DEA consulted him before undertaking any operations against the Cali Cartel. This ensured that he was able to leak news of Search Bloc and DEA raids to the cartel leaders, helping them evade arrest. However DEA agent Javier Peña identified Botero's corruption and ties to the Cali Cartel with the help of journalist Carolina Álvarez. Despite his superiors urging him not to, he revealed Botero's corruption to the public, triggering a political crisis. Botero was found guilty of corruption, but he managed to flee to Mexico to evade arrest.
Chiapas Airfield Ambush

The DEA plotted to deal a significant blow to the Guadalajara cartel by attempting to sabotage the newly air-smuggling network established by Amado Carrillo Fuentes to smuggle 70 tons of Colombian cocaine into the United States of America.

Carrillo Fuentes became aware of a electronic tracker present in one of his newly purchased Boeing 727, and decided to set up an **ambush at a cartel airfield in Chiapas**, unbeknownst that it was the DEA tracking him. The ambush was successful, as the cartel ended up killing DEA agents and several mercenaries employed by them, forcing the DEA to put an abrupt end to Operation *Leyenda* and recall Special Agent Walt Breslin.

Carrillo Fuentes delivered the 70 tons of cocaine the next day, successfully launching his air smuggling network which would later earn him the nickname 'The Lord of the Skies'.

## *Leyenda* operatives killed

* Danilo Garza - Shot by a cartel sniper.
* Ossie Mejía - Committed a suicide attack by driving his pick-up into a fuel tank.
* Amat Palacios - Executed by Guillermo Calderoni
* Kenny Moss - Shot dead by cartel gunmen.
Bob Great-Omb

## Blah

 *This is a big bob. I think Bob is similar to other barriers. But great! Wondering... There will be no attacks, but after the fire will eventually be damaged. I do not remember bringing it out of the battle, but this explosion is successful! Oh, and when it matters, the attack strength is 8, so be careful! The fires and explosions trigger fuses, I think this is a bad strategy... You can work, but if you fight, defeat them before breaking!*

**Bob Great-Ombs** are enemies exclusive to Book of Mario: Thousands of Doors, being found on both Corsair Cave and the 100 Pool Problems at Floors 41-49. They are a stronger version of Bob-shas, also doing more damage with their explosions (8 Attack power) than normal attacks (2 Attack power). Bob Great-Ombs will only use the explosion attack when it matters to them.

Also, their explosion cannot be blocked. In the 100 Pool Problems, there exists a stronger version of Bob Great-Ombs, the Bob-EXT.

## Attack Patterns

It has a specific pattern of moves:

1. Light its fuse.
2. Increase defense by 3.
3. Increase attack by 3.
4. Charge attack by 3.
5. Explode.

These enemies can be defeated immediately by attacks like Bob's Pump or lightning. By doing so, however, not only will the Bob Great-Omb explode, but Mario and Co. will take damage as well (2 HP). Other enemies will also take splash damage from the explosion.

## Trivia

* Goombell contradicts herself by initially saying that Bob Great-Omb has no attacks. Later in the Blah, she explains one of its attacks.
* For whatever reason, she thinks that Bob Great-Ombs are similar to barriers.
Drug Enforcement Administration

The **Drug Enforcement Administration** (**DEA**) is a United States federal law enforcement agency tasked with combating drug smuggling and distribution.

## Employees

### Officers

* Francis Mullen (Administrator)
* John Lawn (Acting Administrator, later Administrator)
* Mike Spencer
* John Bell
* Edward Heath (Director of Operations, Mexico)
* Claudia Messina (Country Attaché, Colombia)
* Javier Peña (Country Attaché, Colombia)
* Neil Stoddard (Deputy Country Attaché, Colombia)
* James Kuykendall (Bureau leader, El Paso)
* Jim Ferguson (Bureau leader, Laredo)

### Agents

* Steve Murphy
* Chris Feistl
* Daniel Van Ness
* Duffy
* Lopez
* Butch Sears
* Roger Knapp
* Enrique Camarena Salazar
* Walt Breslin
* Kenny Moss
* Daryl Petski
* Sal Orozco
* Kevin Brady

### Others

* Stella Mancuso (lawyer)
* Suzy
Amparo Santacruz

* Narcos
* Real life

**Amparo Santacruz** was the wife of Chepe Santacruz.

Amparo lived in New York City as her husband managed the Cali cartel's operations there under an assumed identity. After an explosion in one of Chepe's labs, journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue revealed her husband's identity. Amparo refused to leave the United States, and told her husband to fix the problem. Despite killing de Dios, Chepe was unable to shake off the police and was forced to leave for Colombia with Amparo.
12 Steps

**12 Steps** is the first episode of Season 3 of Narcos: Mexico. It aired on November 5, 2021.

## Synopsis

Walt's undercover mission takes a turn. Amado is released following three months in prison. Juárez police officer Victor looks for a missing girl.

## Cast

#### Main

* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carillo Fuentes
* Luis Gerardo Mendez as Victor Tapia
* Matt Letscher as Jaime Kuykendall
* Luisa Rubino as Andrea Nuñez (voice only)
* José Zúñiga as General Robollo
* Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan
* Kristen Gutoskie as Dani

#### Guest Starring

* Manuel Uriza as Carlos Hank Gonzales
* Damayanti Quintanar as Hortencia
* James Earl as Craig Mills
* Scott William Winters as Mike

#### Co-Starring

* Erick Israel Consuelo as Manny
* Markin Lopez as Rogelio
* Noe Hernandez as Rafael Aquilar
* Alejandro Bracho as Mr. X
* Adolfo Madera as President Elect
* Mauricio Issac as The Brother
* Johanna Murillo as Marisol
* Miguel Islas as Morgue Coroner
* Luis Eduardo Yee as Fidel
* Cristina Michaus as Mrs. Barragan
* Brett Edwards as El Paso PD Narc
* Jeremy Denzlinger as El Paso PD Commander
* David Paladino as Lot Boss
* Aldo Bringas as El Flaco
* Horacio Beamonte as Man in the House
José Santacruz Londoño

## Chepe Santacruz

* Narcos
* Real life

**José Santacruz Londoño** (1943 – 1996), also known as **Don Chepe** was a Colombian drug trafficker and one of the four godfathers of the Cali cartel. He oversaw the cartel's American operations.

Santacruz grew in Cali along with Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. He earned a master's degree in chemical engineering and handled cocaine production after he established the Cali cartel along with the brothers in the mid 1970s. In the 1980s, he was sent to the cartel's crown jewel, New York City, where he lived under the alias Victor Crespo. Santacruz put his chemical engineering skills to use and started cocaine production in the United States.

In June 1995 after an explosion in one of the laboratories operated by Santacruz, journalist Manuel de Dios exposes him as a Colombian drug lord, forcing Santacruz and his wife Amparo to flee to Colombia after killing de Dios. In Colombia, Santacruz and Hélmer Herrera took part in the war with the Norte del Valle cartel by taking over the Buenaventura Port. Santacruz surrendered to the Search Bloc and he was arrested in a restaurant after finishing his dinner in September 1995 after the arrests of the Rodríguez brothers; however, he escaped prison on January 11 1996 and attempted to return to drug trafficking by allying with the AUC right-wing paramilitary. The Castaño brothers expected a stronger contribution to their cause from Chepe, and violently beat him before shooting him to death on March 5 1996.
Javier Peña

**Javier Peña** is a former American DEA agent who was a part of the Search Bloc, and was sent to Colombia to hunt down the Medellín Cartel and the Cali Cartel.

After realizing the War on Drugs cannot be won, he broke protocols and revealed the deep corruption embroiled within the Colombian government, President Ernesto Samper's connection to the Cali Cartel and the fact that the United States, despite being aware of this, didn't act on this. His announcement caused a scandal in both Colombia and the United States, and to avoid repercussions, he resigned from the DEA and moved on to live in his father's ranch in the Mexican-American border.

## Relationships

Steve Murphy : The relationship between these two are rather close. Since being assigned to Colombia, Murphy was given a partner in Peña. Javier during his secret partnership with the Cali Cartel to kill Pablo Escobar's Sicarios, Javier warns Steve to protect himself first when asked about his involvement in the killings. Later they were seen sharing a beer at the airport when Javier was being moved back to America due to his involvement. They hugged after saying goodbye to each other.
Guadalupe Leija Serrano

**Guadalupe Leija Serrano de Palma** was the wife of drug trafficker Héctor Palma Salazar.

A feud between the Sinaloan and Tijuanan smugglers of the Guadalajara Cartel took away much of her husband's time, and she began having an affair with Rafael Enrique Clavel, Félix Gallardo's driver.

Her husband was indignant over Félix Gallardo's alleged softness towards the Arellano-Félix family and planned on breaking away from the cartel. When Félix came to know of this, he sent El Azul to kill Palma and his family. However, Clavel warned Guadalupe of the attack and Palma successfully thwarted off the attempt on his life. He subsequently moved his family to a motel, and disappeared.

In 1989, Palma's lieutenant El Chapo convinced Félix Gallardo to allow him back into the business with approval of all the plaza bosses. Félix Gallardo, in order to instill fear among the plaza bosses has Clavel murder Guadalupe and her two children. Clavel picked them up from their motel, and drove them to a bridge, where he killed them and threw their bodies off the bridge into the river flowing underneath. Palma avenged his family's execution by tracking down Clavel and beat him to death with a baseball bat.
Deutschland 93

**"Deutschland 93"** is the seventh episode of Season 2 of *Narcos* and the seventeenth episode overall.

## Summary

As the danger intensifies for the Escobars, Pablo sends his family to another country. Gaviria weighs the opportunity to use them as leverage.

## Cast

### Starring

* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy
* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Cristina Umaña as Judy Moncada
* Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Raúl Méndez as César Gaviria
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Sandoval
* Paulina Gaitán as Tata Escobar
* Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Florencia Lozano as Claudia Messina
* Alberto Ammann as Pacho Herrera

### Guest starring

* Diego Cataño as La Quica
* Brett Cullen as Arthur Crosby
* Leynar Gomez as Limón
* Konstantin Melikhov as Edward Jacoby

### Co-starring

* Jorge Monterrosa as Trujillo
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Federico Rivera as Ricardo Prisco
* Mauricio Meija as Carlos Castaño
* Gustavo Angarita as Fidel Castaño
* Mauricio Cujar as Don Berna
* Juan Pablo Shuk as Colonel Martinez
* Sebastián Vega as Hugo Martinez Jr.
* Fabián Villa as Sergeant Morales
* German Jaramillo as Gustavo De Greiff
* Juan Murcia as Juan Pablo Escobar
* María José Sanchez Real as Manuela
* Alejandra Crispín as Gaviria's Secretary
* Javier Sáenz as Advisor #2
* Juan Camilo Pérez as Lugo
* Weimar Delgado as Jorge
* Juan Manuel Acosta as Simon Duque
* Michael Stojek as Immigration Officer
* Luis Ángel Ospina as Father
* David Camargo as Boy
* Sandy Suárez as Mother
* Isabella Sierra as Girl
* James Moore as Chancellor Kohl
* Victoria Gaitán as Ticket Agent
* Oscar Reyes as Aeronautica Civil Controller
* Linda Patiño as Lufthansa Stewardess
* Yorneis García as Blackie's Sicario
* Marcela Venegas as Juliana
* Daniel Díaz as Miguel
* Jordan Loaiza as Roberto
* Antti Siegmann as Immigration Agent
* Sebastián Hoyos as Bold Pedestrian
* Diego Ramírez Schrempp as Translator
Gerardo Corral

**Gerardo Corral** was a Mexican accountant who handled logistics for the Juárez cartel from 1993 till 1997.

Corral obtained a degree in finance from El Paso and worked at his father's construction company, where he embezzeled millions of dollars. After Amado Carrillo Fuentes took over the Juárez cartel, he hired Corral to embezzel money from his allies. Later, Carrillo had Corral covertly siphon off $15 million a week from Carlos Hank González's accounts. However Hank was aware of the stolen money, and had his government allies go after Amado. Amado later tells Corral to take $10 million for himself and disappear.
Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento

**Alfonso Valdivieso Sarmiento** was the Attorney-General of Colombia from 1994 till 1997, succeeding Gustavo de Greiff.

Valdivieso was in midst of negotiating a peaceful surrender deal with the godfathers of the Cali cartel when the cartel kingpin Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela was arrested in an unsanctioned joint DEA-Search Bloc covert operation. As a result, he felt that the arrest would jeopardize the talks, and requested the release of the godfather.
Juan García Abrego

## García Abrego

* Narcos
* Real life

**Juan García Abrego** was a Mexican drug lord and a high ranking member of the Gulf Cartel.

García began his career under the tutelage of his uncle, veteran smuggler Juan Nepomuceno Guerra. In the mid 1980s, García saw potential in smuggling cocaine, but was hesitant to enter the business in fear of a rivalry with the Guadalajara Cartel. To his benefit, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo of the Guadalajara cartel visited his uncle and requested an alliance in order to force the Cali Cartel into accepting his new "kilo per kilo" proposal. García convinced his uncle to accept the offer, but later betrayed Félix Gallardo by creating their own arrangement with Hélmer Herrera of the Cali Cartel. In retaliation for their betrayal, Félix Gallardo blew up Guerra's restaurant.

García Abrego became the leader of the Gulf Cartel after his uncle suffered a stroke in the early 1990s.

He was arrested in the middle of 1996 by the DEA after the Sinaloa Cartel took over the Gulf teritorry.

 "**El Dedazo**"*Absent*
Fermín Arévalo

**Fermín Arévalo** was a Mexican drug trafficker based in Ojinaga.

In 1953, when a young Pablo Acosta was arrested by the Mexican police for trying to cross into the United States having heroin duct taped into his arms; Fermín bribed the police to release Acosta, saying that he shouldn't go to jail for smuggling just 12 ounces. Acosta grew to be one of the most powerful smugglers in Mexico; and they both worked together.

In 1986, Acosta began to suspect that Fermín's son Lili was stealing from him. Without Pablo's permission, his lieutenant Marco de Haro killed Lili. In retaliation for Lili's murder, Fermín sent a *sicario* after Acosta, but Acosta escaped the attempt on his life. Enraged, Acosta, de Haro and Amado Carrillo Fuentes storm to Fermín's house to confront him. Fermín hid inside the house, and sent his wife Antonia to talk to him. Antonia tells him that her husband isn't inside the house, and Acosta gives her his pistol and gave her permission to take his life, but she refused.

Fermín gathered his men and ambushed Acosta as he returned home, but was unaware that Acosta expected the ambush. Fermín manages to fire at Acosta with his assault rifle, critically wounding him, but is killed by Carrillo Fuentes before he got a chance to kill Acosta.
Kenny Moss

**Kenny Moss** was an American DEA agent stationed in Mexico, as per Operation Leyenda.

Kenny was the most morally conscious of the DEA shock team. He refused to take part in the torture of Sergio Espino Verdin and opposed supplying information of Sinaloan traffickers building tunnels in Tijuana to the Tijuana plaza leaders.
Arellano-Félix family

The **Arellano-Félix family** is a Mexican family infamous for their involvement in drug trafficking by leading the Tijuana cartel.

## Members

* Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Ramón Arellano Félix
* Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix
* Enedina Arellano Félix
* Eduardo Arellano Félix
* Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
* Alicia Maria Arellano Félix
* Isabel Arellano Félix
* Alicia Arellano Félix
* Ruth
* Sonia Arellano Félix
Gulf Cartel

Nepomuceno Guerra (right) and his nephew Juan Abrego (left) led the cartel in the 1980s

### Leader(s)

Luis Alberto Flores Blanco
Juan Manuel Loza Salinas

### Territory

Northeastern Mexico, Southern United States

### Businesses

Trafficking of cocaine, marijuana and heroin, human trafficking, arms trafficking, robbery, kidnapping, contraband trafficking, money laundering and alcohol trafficking (formerly)

### Allies

Sinaloa cartel
Cali cartel (defunct)
Tijuana cartel (formerly)
Juárez cartel (formerly)

### Rivals

Juárez cartel
Tijuana cartel
Guadalajara cartel (defunct)

The **Gulf cartel** (Spanish: *Cártel del Golfo*) was a Mexican drug trafficking organization and one of the country's oldest drug cartels.

The cartel was founded by bootlegger Juan Nepomuceno Guerra in the 1930s, during the Prohibition era in the United States. In the 1980s, the organization began smuggling cocaine into the United States for the Colombians, and were the second biggest drug cartel, second to only the Guadalajara cartel.

In 1986, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo met Guerra and convinced him to enter the cocaine trafficking business as allies to get into a better negotiating position with the Cali cartel. However, Guerra seized the opportunity and made a better deal with the Cali cartel, betraying Félix Gallardo; resulting in the cartels declaring war against each other.

After the disintegration of the Félix's organization in 1989, Guerra and Juan García Abrego met with the leaders of the new drug cartels splintered out of Félix's organization, and promised peace.
Isabella Bautista

**Isabella Bautista** was a Mexican socialite and drug trafficker with connections to several drug traffickers, including Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Juan Matta-Ballesteros and Alberto Sicilia Falcon.

Born to an influential family in Sinaloa, Mexico; Bautista met Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo when he worked as her uncle Leopoldo Sánchez Celis' bodyguard. Later, Félix Gallardo used Bautista's influence to set up deals with Sicilia Falcon and Matta, but rejected all of her sexual advances and refused to give her a position within his drug cartel. After Félix's escape following the murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar, Bautista began to influence Benjamin Arellano Felix and convened a meeting to redistribute territory of the Guadalajara Cartel. However, Félix Gallardo returned with military backing, and removed her from the meeting. According to Benjamin, Félix refused to kill her as he felt it wasn't worthwhile.

In January 1986, Bautista met Colombian drug lord Orlando Henao Montoya and they both agreed upon a partnership for drug trafficking, undercutting Félix Gallardo and the Cali Cartel. With 200 kilograms of cocaine in her hands, she looked for drug traffickers to partner with. She approached Benjamin, who denied fearing backlash from Félix Gallardo. She later approached Benjamin's sister Enedina for help, but she too turned her down. She then formed an alliance with debt ridden Tijuana - based smuggler Nieves, but Enedina's men break apart their meeting and detain Isabella. Enedina agreed to partnership in which she would call the shots. The two women began trafficking cocaine into the United States using female Mexican migrant workers as drug mules. Their operation proved to be successful, and the women later travel to the Colombian jungles and order more cocaine from Henao.

However, despite their operation's fruitful success, Enedina decides to side with her brothers after the formation of the Tijuana Cartel, and offered Isabella six million pesos to leave Tijuana. Isabella refused, and decide to smuggle cocaine on her own, prompting Enedina to send corrupt police officers to arrest her.

## Gallery

Enedina offers Isabella a generous amount to leave Tijuana.

 "**La Última Frontera**"**Appears**

 "**El Dedazo**"**Appears**
Alberto Radelat

**Alberto Radelat** (died 1985) was an American tourist who was murdered by Rafael Caro Quintero.

Radelat visited the Mexican city of Guadalajara with his friend, John Clay Walker to help with the latter's novel. One night, the pair went into a seafood restaurant owned by Caro Quintero's friend Cochiloco late at night to jot down a scene of the story which takes place at that restaurant. There, they are suspected of working for the DEA by Cochiloco and Cuco. Caro Quintero, who was high on cocaine at that moment, decides to have them murdered. Radelat is shot dead by Caro Quintero, while Walker manages to take down one of the assilants before being hit with a chair, and was taken away, where he was tortured to death with an ice pick.

## Trivia

Alberto Radelat was a dentistry student. On January 30, 1985; he walks into one of Caro Quintero's private parties along with Walker, and the duo got killed brutally. They both were interrogated with ice picks. Walker dies on the scene after taking down several enemies, while Radelat survived the ordeal and was buried alive. Their bodies were recovered six months later.
Juárez Cartel

The **Juárez cartel** was a drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; directly across El Paso, Texas.

The cartel was created in 1989 when smugglers of the Juárez plaza, founded by Pablo Acosta, left the Guadalajara cartel. During it's early stages, the cartel was led by Amado Carrillo Fuentes and Rafael Aguilar Guajardo; and trafficked cocaine for the Cali cartel and later the Norte del Valle cartel.

## Members

### Leaders

* Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (since 1997)
* Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1992 – 1997)
* Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (1989 – 1992)

### Others

* Manny
* Gerardo Corral
* Rogelio
* Víctor Tapia
* Elias

### Associates

* Carlos Hank González
* General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo
* Orlando Henao Montoya
* Hélmer Herrera (formerly)
* Ismael Zambada García (formerly)
Colombian hostage crisis

The **Colombian hostage crisis** refers to the series of kidnappings done by the Medellín cartel in 1990. Pablo Escobar ordered the kidnappings of several high society members in order to force President César Gaviria into the negotiating table.

Gaviria refused to negotiate with Escobar, and allowed the CIA to fly their spy planes in Colombian airspace to locate the hostages. Escobar had Roberto 'Poison' Ramos kill Ofelia Hernandez, one of the hostages due to Gaviria's reluctance to negotiate.

Escobar later had newswoman Diana Turbay captured. He believed that Diana, being the daughter of former President Julio César Turbay Ayala, was worth more than the other hostages. As a result, he began ordering the releases of hostages. The CIA triangulated Gorilla's location, and had Horacio Carrillo mount an hostage rescue operation. While Carrillo's Search Bloc were able to rescue most of the hostages, Diana was accidentally shot and killed by Carrillo.

Diana's death was in Escobar's favour, as her popularity in Colombia led to a political backlash against Gaviria. Gaviria caved in and began negotiating Escobar's surrender deal.

## Hostages

* Ofelia Hernandez
* Francisco Santos
* Diana Turbay
Juliana

**Juliana** (died 1993) was the ex-wife of Fernando Duque.

In January 1993, her ex-husband told her that Los Pepes were looking for him and that they needed to leave the country with their son Simone. Juliana refused, and kicked him out of her house, believing that she was safe due to the divorce. She later informed the police when Fernando stole her car to pick up their son from school.

However, she was not spared by Los Pepes, and was brutally murdered along with Fernando, Simone and former mother-in-law.
Antonio Vargas

**Antonio Vargas** was a Mexican employed at a telecommunications company who helped the DEA to illegally wiretap the Hotel Americas to monitor the Guadalajara cartel.

Vargas was the neighbour of American DEA agent Enrique Camarena Salazar, and drove Geneva Camarena to the hospital while she was in labour. Camarena, along with Commander Guillermo Calderoni of the Mexican police enlist Vargas' help in wiretapping the residence of the Mexican Secretary of Education to locate locate drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero as he attempted to contact Sofia Conessa. Vargas then volunteers to aid the DEA free of charge to get rid of the corruption in Mexico.

Despite being promised protection by the DEA, his name was betrayed to the Dirección Federal de Seguridad by the Mexican allies of the DEA and was shot and killed by DFS agent Tomas Morlet.

## Historical innacuracy

In real life, Vargas's lower body was completely paralyzed after he was shot nine times by gunmen belonging to the Guadalajara cartel.
Alan Starkman

**Alan Starkman** was an American lawyer who represented the Cali cartel in the United States.

He functioned as Franklin Jurado's lawyer after his arrest. Starkman advised Jurado to not co-operate with the DEA until his wife Christina Jurado is in safe hands. This allowed the Cali cartel to kidnap Christina and buy more time. After Javier Peña rescued Christina from FARC, the cartel had Jurado assassinated inside an American detention center.
Growth, Prosperity, and Liberation

**Growth, Prosperity, and Liberation** is the ninth episode of Season 2 of *Narcos: Mexico*. It aired on February 13, 2020.

## Synopsis

Félix stakes the future of his entire cartel on the delivery of 70 tons of cocaine as Walt and the DEA plan to topple the kingpin's empire.

## Plot

Félix reconciles with his ex-wife Maria. Amado picks up the cocaine in Chiapas, but stays behind when the planes are sent to Juárez. Breslin and his team intercept the planes at the runway and attempt to burn the coke, but are ambushed and most of the team is killed. The real shipment makes it to Juárez the next day where Félix splits it evenly among the plazas and Breslin gets reassigned.

## Cast

* Diego Luna as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* Joaquín Cosío as Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Ernesto Alterio as Salvador Osuna Nava
* Tessa Ia as Sofia Conesa
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Fermin Martinez as Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Fernanda Urrejola as Maria Elvira
* Gerardo Taracena as Pablo Acosta
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Viviana Serna as Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita")
* Guillermo Villegas as Sammy Alvarez
* Tenoch Huerta as Rafael Caro Quintero
* Horacio Garcia Rojas as Tomas Morlet
* Jackie Earle Haley as Jim Ferguson
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Teresa Ruiz as Isabella Bautista
* Yul Vazquez as John Gavin
* Julio Cesar Cedillo as Commander Guillermo Calderoni
* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Alberto Ammann as Hélmer Herrera
* Francisco Denis as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (reprising his role from Narcos)
* Pêpê Rapazote as José Santacruz Londoño
* Jorge A. Jimenez as Roberto Ramos
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner
* Brian Buckley as John Clay Walker
* Mike Doyle as Thomas Buehl
* Sosie Bacon as Mimi Webb Miller
Hugo Martinez, Jr.

**Hugo Martinez, Jr.** was a Colombian police officer and a member of the Search Bloc.

He enlisted in the Search Bloc immediately after graduation from a military school, which also prompted his father Colonel Hugo Martinez to take up the job despite refusing it earlier. Despite his eagerness, Martinez Jr. was not suited for field duty as he was effortlessly disarmed by Carlos Castaño Gil during an intense encounter between the police and Los Pepes. His father then transferred him to technical services, and worked as a radio operator.

He immediately became skilled in radio triangulation, and located Pablo Escobar in December 1993, which ultimately led to the raid which killed the infamous drug lord. After Escobar's death, Martinez Jr. still continued to serve in technical services.

He died in a car accident
Alberto Sicilia Falcon

* Narcos
* Real life

**Alberto Sicilia Falcon** was a Cuban drug lord active in Mexico.

A prominent high-society cocaine trafficker, Sicilia Falcon shipped cocaine into the United States through the Tijuana corridor. He mentored the Arellano Felix brothers; allowing them to establish marijuana shipping routes through his territory.

In the early 1980s, he was approached by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo; one of Pedro Avilés' men, to solicit his permission in permitting the Arellano brothers in joining an alliance between various marijuana smugglers. Convinced by his personal friend and socialite Isabella Bautista, Sicilia Falcon agrees to Félix Gallardo's requests on the condition that they do not interfere with his cocaine business.

However a few years later, Félix Gallardo, now the leader of the powerful Guadalajara cartel decides to smuggle Colombian cocaine, as the Caribbean route used by the Colombians was closed down by the United States. Enraged by the betrayal, Sicilia Falcon uses his influence to order a military raid on one of the weed warehouses of cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero. The military seize most of the weed, and destroy the rest. In retaliation, Don Neto of the Guadalajara cartel buys out the police force of Tijuana and attacks one of Sicilia's warehouses, setting it on fire after recovering Rafael's marijuana.

Félix Gallardo sends Isabella to negotiate a truce with Sicilia Falcon, and she succeeds in doing so. However, the DFS immediately kill Sicilia Falcon after she leaves, giving the complete control of Tijuana to Félix Gallardo.
Edward Jacoby

**Edward Jacoby** was an US Army intelligence officer attached to Centra Spike.

From 1992 to 1993, he was the head of the Centra Spike's aerial surveillance unit and was tasked to intercept phone calls made by drug traffickers and help the Search Bloc to determining the location of wanted targets using radio triangulation and microwave data transmission.
David Barron Corona

* Narcos
* Real life

**David Barron Corona** (1963 – 1997), also known as **Popeye** was a Mexican - American member of the Logan Heights Gang who served as the Head of Security for the Arellano-Félix family.

He became acquainted with Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix of the Mexican Tijuana Cartel when they both looked after each other while being imprisoned in the United States.

He died in 1997 when he was killed by a rival gang.

## Gallery

David with other Logan Heights gang members.David and Benjamín Arellano Félix.
Jose Rojas

**Jose Rojas** (died 1993) was the chief accountant of the Medellín cartel. Rojas was loyal to his boss Pablo Escobar and continued to support him till his death.

Rojas succeeded Blackbeard as Escobar's chief accountant. After his escape from prison, Escobar met Rojas to receive money to finance his revenge operation against the Colombian police. There, Rojas informed him of the tense situation in the cartel after Judy Moncada and Diego Murillo Bejarano threatened to quit following the death of Judy's husband Gerardo Moncada.

In April 1993, Escobar sent Ricardo Prisco and La Quica to recover one of the last wads of cash belonging to the cartel to finance an operation against the Los Pepes. However, Quica decided to betray Escobar. He killed Rojas and Prisco and fled the cash, but was apprehended by the DEA.
Manuel

**Manuel** was one of Rafael Caro Quintero's bodyguards.

Full name: Manuel Torrez Felix

Nickname: Ondiado (the Zoned one )

Later this man becomes one of El chapos most violent Hitmen.

Manuel took drugs while in Fire fights which earned him the nickname The Zoned one Because he was high most of the time.
Ana Gaviria

**Ana Gaviria** was the First Lady of Colombia from 1990 to 1994, and the wife of César Gaviria.

When her husband struggled to take a stand on the issue of extradition, she told him that his fear of Pablo Escobar is what will make him stronger. As Escobar's political violence intensified, she and her children were separated from her husband for their safety. The family reunited once César Gaviria won the elections.
Los Pepes (group)

Los Pepes gathered outside Moncada's mansion

**Los Pepes** (derived from ***Pe**rseguidos por **P**ablo **Es**cobar*, **Persecuted by Pablo Escobar**) was a Colombian paramilitary vigilante group formed in 1992 by enemies of drug lord Pablo Escobar.

The group was founded by Escobar's former associates Judy Moncada and Diego Murillo Bejarano and AUC paramilitary leaders Carlos and Fidel Castaño Gil; who received weaponry from the CIA. They convinced Escobar's rivals, the Cali Cartel, to finance their endeavor. Over time, they recruited the Gallon gang into their ranks after they defected from the Medellín cartel. Los Pepes received intelligence from high-ranking members of the Search Bloc, including DEA agent Javier Peña and Colombian police officer Trujillo.

Los Pepes hunted down and killed several individuals working for Pablo Escobar, everyone from accountants and drivers to top sicarios. However, they were also notorious for the high numbers of innocent civilians killed. Despite this, they were never condemned by the government of Colombia till a month after Escobar went into hiding.

The group formally laid down their arms and disbanded after Escobar went into hiding in the middle of 1993. Members of the group returned to drug trafficking and had a brief fight over the control of Medellín after the fall of Escobar. After the Castaño brothers forced Moncada to leave Colombia, she was forced by the CIA to blame the rise of Los Pepes on DEA agent Javier Peña and the Columbian government declared him Persona Non Grata.

## Members

* Carlos Castaño Gil
* Fidel Castaño Gil
* Judy Moncada
* Diego Murillo Bejarano
* The Gallon gang

### Associates

* Cali cartel
* Norte del Valle cartel
* Bill Stechner
* Trujillo
* Javier Peña (formerly)

## Targets

* Velasco
* Jairo
* Carlos Henao
* Fernando Duque, his wife Juliana, son and his mother
* Carmelita
* Valeria Velez
* Ricardo Prisco (escaped)
* Pablo Escobar (escaped)
Barry Seal

**Barry Seal**, alias ***Ellis McPickle***, was an American pilot who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before smuggling drugs from Colombia into America for the Medellín Cartel.

Seal decided to work for the Medellín Cartel as a drug smuggler, transporting numerous shipments to the United States and making $500,000 each flight. Seal had a history with the Central Intelligence Agency, supposedly doing some work for them. However, his lifestyle of drugs and sex led to him working for criminals to make some money, and he used the nickname "Ellis McPickle" to collect payments from the cartel. In 1984, a CIA agent in Colombia recognized his picture when DEA agent Steve Murphy asked about "Ellis McPickle", giving Murphy his name.

Seal was accosted by Murphy and Javier Pena as he left his favorite brothel, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison in a Florida court. He decided to approach the DEA and act as an informant, and he helped the CIA with a sting operation in Nicaragua. However, Seal's life was endangered when Colonel Oliver North used photos provided by Seal that showed a link between the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua with the narcotics trade, as Seal had taken pictures showing Federico Vaughan and Pablo Escobar loading cocaine onto an airplane. Seal's cover was blown, and he unwisely chose not to have government protection.

On 19th of February 1986, he was gunned down by Medellín Cartel sicarios on a motorcycle in a Baton Rouge parking lot, meeting his end.
Como La Flor

**Como La Flor** is the second episode of Season 3 of Narcos: Mexico. It aired on November 5, 2021.

## Synopsis

Tijuana journalist Andrea takes an interest in the teen guests at the wedding between Enedina Arellano and a prominent attorney. Walt considers a move.

## Cast

#### Main

* Scoot McNairy as Walt Breslin
* José María Yazpik as Amado Carrillo Fuentes
* Matt Letscher as James Kuykendall
* Luisa Rubino as Andrea Nuñez
* Alfonso Dosal as Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Mayra Hermosillo as Enedina Arellano Félix
* Manuel Masalva as Ramón Arellano Félix
* Alejandro Edda as Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Gorka Lasaosa as Héctor Palma Salazar
* Bobby Soto as David Barron
* Kristen Gutoskie as Dani
* Flavio Medina as Juan Abrego
* Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan
* Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado
* Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan
* Alberto Guerra as Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada

#### Guest Starring

* Francisco Barreiro as Francisco Arellano Felix
* Fermin Martinez as Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Jose Julian as Javier Arellano Félix
* Sebastian Buitron as Eduardo Arellano Felix
* James Earl as Craig Mills
* Jesus Ochoa as Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
* Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio as Arturo 'Kitty' Páez
Gus

> “*Do you think the violence saved everything, right? Huh? DON’T YOU?*”
>
>

 *What? It must be ridiculous. Do you think you can fight against yourself?*

## Newspaper Magic

 *The super annoying people of large spoon people. Some people think they say a lot, but they are strong.*

## Blah

 *This guy. It is very unpleasant and everyone tries to pay. Everything is very difficult. Oh, I said a million times ... start the spear as you walk. I think this person has 365 days to see people one year. Speaking of employees.*

**Gus** is encountered before Mario and his band go to Bad Forest to find the second Glass Star, although he can be fought before getting the first.

## Story

When Mario and his friends meet Gus, at first he thinks that they are looking for the head of Robbs, an Icelandic group Gus is part of, and tells them there are more members available. He then asks Mario to pay the toll, and offers him three answers:

*Okay, I can.*

*I do not know!*

*I can pick you up!*

To this last option, Gus answers that it must be ridiculous for them to think they can fight against themselves and proceeds to engage combat with them.

Halfway through the battle, Gus warns Mario that he has no way to overcome him; that even if he competes, the game ends.

Upon defeat, he accuses his opponents of being heroes of stupid video games before running away.

## Trivia

* Some people theorized that Iceland is also involved in the War. The country is likely a neutral party.
* Gus must meet one person a year to meet his quota.
Mike Spencer

**Mike Spencer** was a high ranking member of the DEA Operations division.

In 1993, he requested Javier Peña to oversee the DEA investigation on the Cali cartel after the death of Pablo Escobar. Years later, he told Peña that the War on Drugs would be shifting to Mexico, and that he could revoke Peña's resignation if he was willing to work against the Mexican drug cartels.
Cambalache

**"Cambalache"** is the second episode of Season 2 of *Narcos* and the twelfth episode overall.

## Summary

Tata gets impatient with life on the run. Pablo responds to President Gaviria's reward offer. Steve and Javier meet their new boss.

## Cast

### Starring

* Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar
* Boyd Holbrook as Steve Murphy
* Pedro Pascal as Javier Peña
* Cristina Umaña as Judy Moncada
* Joanna Christie as Connie Murphy
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Raúl Méndez as César Gaviria
* Paulina García as Hermilda Gaviria
* Manolo Cardona as Eduardo Sandoval
* Paulina Gaitán as Tata Escobar
* Bruno Bichir as Fernando Duque
* Eric Lange as Bill Stechner

### Guest starring

* Diego Cataño as La Quica
* Leynar Gomez as Limón
* Martina García as Maritza

Brett Cullen as Arthur Crosby
Patrick St. Esprit as Major Wysession
Richard T. Jones as Agent DEA
Konstantin Melikhov as Edward Jacoby

### Co-starring

* Jorge Monterrosa as Trujillo
* Alejandro Buitrago as Velasco
* Julián Díaz as Blackie
* Jairo Ordoñez as Jairo
* Pedro Calvo as Gato
* German Jaramillo as Gustavo De Greiff
* Luis Fernando Hoyos as Colonel Pinzón
* Federico Rivera as Ricardo Prisco
* Leonardo García as Edgar Prisco
* Juan Murcia as Juan Pablo Escobar
* María José Sanchez Real as Manuela
* Alejandra Crispin as Gaviria's Secretary
* Alejandra Lara as Rosa
* Ángela Forero as Prostitute
* Kevin Marín as Ortiz
* Javier Garrido as Pinzón's Secretary
* Álvaro Orjuela as Luis Muñoz
* Dario Cifuentes as David
* Luis Jarol Fonseca as Reporter
* Herman Sanchez as Alejandro
* Maria Cristina Restrepo as Paula
* Luis Fernando Santos as Salesman
* Alvaro Rodriguez as Raid Officer
* Carlos Carballo as Customs Officer
* Raymundo Castillo as Embassy Security Guard
* Luis Antonio Nova as Security Officer 1
* Thaddeus Phillips as CIA Agent Owen
Hacienda Napoles

The **Hacienda Napoles** (English: Naples Estate) was a luxury estate located in the Antioquian countryside, which served as Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar's main residence from 1979 to 1984.

The 20 sq. kilometer estate included a mansion, an Olympic-size pool, helipads and a private zoo which included exotic birds from the Himalayas, giraffes and illegally imported hippopotamuses. A lot of important events, such as the kick-starting of Escobar's political career, the surrender of M-19 and Escobar's meeting with Mexican drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo took place in the Hacienda Napoles.

In May 1984, Escobar was forced to permanently vacate the estate after its location was discovered by the Colombian police.
Kevin Brady

**Kevin Brady** was a DEA agent and the partner of Steve Murphy.

## Biography

Brady was assigned to work with Murphy in Miami, chasing mostly after young marijuana dealers. When Pablo Escobar started sending cocaine to Miami, the city became a much dangerous place. Murphy and Brady were given the task of arresting Hermann Zapata, a drug dealer working for Cockroach, but their sting was interrupted by La Quica, who was sent by Escobar to kill Zapata. In addition to Zapata, La Quica took out Brady. This was a major factor in influencing Murphy to go to Colombia personally.

## Personality

Brady was described by Murphy as being a little "slow of foot," but he had a strong sense of humor.
Diego Vargas Silva

**Diego Vargas Silva** was a General of the Colombian National Police. He oversaw the fight against the Medellín and Cali cartels.

He reprimanded the DEA for taking unilateral actions after the arrest of Cali cartel leader Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. DEA Agent Javier Peña suspected him of receiving bribes from the Cali cartel, and chose to work with General Rosso José Serrano instead to arrest the other three leaders of the Cali cartel.
Arthur Crosby

**Arthur Crosby** was a former US Navy SEAL, expert on counterterrorism and Latin American affairs who served as the American Ambassador to Colombia under President George H. W. Bush, replacing Noonan.

## Behind the Scenes

Arthur Crosby is based on Morris D. Busby, who was the American ambassador to Colombia from 1991 to 1994.
Carlos Muñoz Portal

**Carlos Muñoz Portal** (died 2017) was a Mexican film and television location scout who was killed on September 11, 2017 in the town of Temascalapa, Mexico State while searching for filming locations for the first season of *Narcos: Mexico*.

He set out to take photographs of possible filming locations, and was found days later inside his car, with his body riddled with bullet holes.

Muñoz Portal has also worked in the location management crew for *Sicario*, *Spectre*, *Mozart in the Jungle*, *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* and *Fast & Furious*.
CIA Officer

**"CIA Officer"** was a Central Intelligence Agency officer stationed in Colombia from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

The CIA officer, along with the US Army officer stationed in the US Embassy in Bogota did not care of the DEA's pursuit of drug lord Pablo Escobar, and found left-wing guerrillas a bigger threat than drug traffickers. After the DEA revealed Escobar's connection to Manuel Noriega, the CIA and the US Army increased their co-operation with the DEA.

In 1992, Bill Stechner was appointed the Station Chief for Colombia, outranking this officer.

## Behind the scenes

* A deleted scene reveals that he went to Princeton University.