TV series
Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord
Overview
Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.
Details
- First air date
- 2012-05-28
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 113 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- Caracol TV
- Production
- Caracol Televisión
- Country
- CO
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Andrés Parra as Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
- Christian Tappan as Gonzalo Gaviria
- Cecilia Navia as Patricia de Escobar "Paty"
- Angie Cepeda as Regina Parejo
- Vicky Hernández as Doña Enelia de Escobar
- Rodolfo Silva as Alberto Escobar Gaviria "Peluche"
- Tommy Vásquez as Fabio Urrea
- Toto Vega as Alonso Santorini
- Nicolás Montero as Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
- Marcela Gallego as Gloria Pachón de Galán
- Ernesto Benjumea as Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
- Diana Hoyos as Nancy Restrepo de Lara
Creators and crew
- Carlos Moreno - Creator
- Camilo Cano - Executive Producer
- César Augusto Rodríguez - Executive Producer
- Angélica Guerra - Executive Producer
- Diego F. Ramírez - Executive Producer
- Juana Uribe - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Enelia gives her first advice to Pablo
After Pablo Escobar's behavior, Enelia begins to give him her first advice without knowing that her son would take it very seriously. She relives the first chapter of this production.
Episode 2: Pablo begins to play with candela
Escobar starts his first dirty deals, however, in one of his illicit activities, he is surprised when he is recognized by Don Aldemar.
Episode 3: Pablo Escobar escapes from jail
Pablo and Gonzalo's ambition leads them to embark on new and dangerous businesses; shortly after he is captured and later escapes from jail. See another chapter of this story.
Episode 4: Pablo surrenders to the authorities
After escaping from jail, Escobar heeds his mother's advice and surrenders to the authorities, but by moving influences he manages to get out very quickly.
Episode 5: Pablo and Gonzalo inaugurate the 'Napoles' farm
After negotiating the land, Escobar and his cousin buy a farm, which will become a zoo, to which they will bring exotic animals never seen before in Colombia.
Episode 6: A new armed force is born
The Motoas' daughter is kidnapped and this generates a great stir within all the drug traffickers who decide to join together at Escobar's suggestion.
Episode 7: Pablo Escobar has his first encounter with politics
In an impressive celebration with all his partners, the boss is tempted to enter politics by a leader of the region.
Episode 8: Pablo Escobar wants to be a member of the Congress of the republic
After receiving the proposal from Javier Ortiz, Escobar gets it into his head to achieve political power in the honorable Congress of the Republic of Colombia. Will his family agree?
Episode 9: Paty almost discovered Pablo's adventures
Escobar's wife arrives at Hacienda Napoles as a surprise while he is having fun with some dancers. However, this man's cunning will prevent her from discovering the truth.
Episode 10: Escobar makes his foray into politics easier
Little by little Pablo Escobar begins to have greater visibility among voters without much effort and his passage to politics is easier. However, things could be complicated for him because there are those who do not believe in him.
Episode 11: Regina Parejo appears in the life of Pablo Escobar
In the middle of a celebration at his hacienda, a very elegant and beautiful journalist appears in Escobar's life, becoming the special guest of his meeting.
Episode 12: Escobar is elected as 'honorable' representative to the House
Pablo Escobar becomes a new parliamentarian of the Republic of Colombia, while Luis Carlos Galán gains strength with his independent party despite having lost the presidential elections.
Episode 13: Escobar seeks to be the 'Creole Robin Hood'
Due to his actions with the most humble population, Pablo Escobar is recognized as the 'Creole Robin Hood'. For his part, the new Minister of Justice launches strong accusations against drug trafficking.
Episode 14: A tough debate puts Rodrigo Lara in check
Ortiz and Santorini defend theirs and in a tough debate in the Congress of the Republic, one of them puts Rodrigo Lara in check after stating in public that dirty money also entered his campaign for the Senate.
Episode 15: Galán asks Lara for an explanation
Luis Carlos Galán asks the Minister of Justice to give him his version of the supposed recording that exists of his conversation with a drug trafficker and about "hot money" that would have entered his campaign for the Senate.
Episode 16: The Minister surprises the country with his statements
Rodrigo Lara surprises the country by assuring in public that the one behind the set-up against him is Pablo Emilio Escobar. His family fears for his life.
Episode 17: The Police dismantles Tranquilandia
In a high-risk operation against drug trafficking, the Police managed to dismantle the largest coca-growing center in the country. A very strong blow for the capos de capos.
Episode 18: Pablo Escobar undertakes his revenge
Burdened by the recent events that accuse him, 'the master of evil' undertakes his revenge against those who have uncovered his 'rotten pot', including the Minister.
Episode 19: Attack ends the life of Rodrigo Lara
The Minister of Justice loses his life in his fight against drug trafficking. The order issued by Pablo Escobar is finally fulfilled. Relive this chapter.
Episode 20: The assassination of Lara causes a commotion in the country
The death of the Minister of Justice shocks an entire country, the authorities are deployed in search of those involved in the crime, who try to flee.
Episode 21: In the footsteps of criminals
Despite the pressure, Byron refuses to reveal the name of the person who gave him the order to assassinate Rodrigo Lara. However, the Police collect the necessary clues to reach the lair of 'El chili' and 'El topo', who manage to flee.
Episode 22: Pablo and Gonzalo arrive in Panama
Pablo Escobar and Gonzalo Gaviria, fugitives from Colombian justice, arrive by boat to the neighboring country. There they meet Paty and her accomplices.
Episode 23: Escobar doesn't get away with it
Pablo Escobar meets with the former president of Colombia to inform the Government of his intention to 'negotiate'. However, public opinion leaks the information and the alleged agreement falls.
Episode 24: In search of 'protection' and allies
Pablo Escobar's evil has no limits, he has reached the point of making contacts with the authorities in Colombia to protect his organization and continue to commit crimes without fear.
Episode 25: Escobar's own men begin to betray him
After being intercepted by the DEA, Harry Beal, the pilot who works for Pablo Escobar's organization, spies and obtains the evidence that the authorities are asking for to expose his employer.
Episode 26: Prueba reina definiría la extradición
The United States Government gathers the evidence to accuse Colombian drug traffickers of having links with the Sandinista authorities, who allow them to distribute the drug from Managua. Pablo Escobar discovers that Harry Beal may have betrayed him.
Episode 27: The MR-2O executes the Taking of the Palace of Justice
After receiving the support of Pablo Escobar, with money and weapons, the guerrilla group broke into the Palace of Justice, unleashing the crisis in the capital.
Episode 28: Wave of terror against judges
The judge in the Rodrigo Lara case is assassinated by hitmen, while Judge Zuluaga, who is handling the Pablo Escobar case, receives death threats. Relive the chapter.
Episode 29: The Police, in the footsteps of Herber
After losing track of Marcos Herber in a first capture attempt, the Police arrive by surprise at the farm where he is hiding.
Episode 30: They assassinate Magistrate Zuluaga
After the repeated threats that Magistrate Zuluaga received for following the case of Pablo Escobar, the men of the 'boss of evil' ended his life.
Episode 31: Jiménez protects himself against threats
The Police Colonel increases the security measures for him and his family, after the threats and the follow-ups by the organization led by Pablo Escobar.
Episode 32: They declare the extradition unenforceable
The Supreme Court of Justice declares unenforceable, due to procedural defects, the extradition of drug traffickers to the United States. The outrage takes those who fight the bandits.
Episode 33: The extraditable 'seek a way to be tried in Colombia
'The extraditable ones' spread their slogan to the public opinion "We prefer a grave in Colombia, to a jail in the United States" and in turn, announce extreme measures against those who support the extradition.
Episode 34: En busca de la prueba reina
Carlos, the correspondent for The Spectator in the Amazon, seeks evidence to demonstrate Crisanto Pérez's ties with Pablo Escobar and thus clear the name of the late Rodrigo Lara. Relive the chapter.
Episode 35: They attack the correspondent of El Espectador
The correspondent of The Spectator in Leticia has been silenced by order of Pablo Escobar. The news surprises Guillermo and Nicky, who must reinforce their security in the face of the wave of terror against the press.
Episode 36: Colonel Jiménez is in danger
The Police Colonel decides to take a break with his family but ends up cornered by Pablo Escobar's men, who are about to end his life.
Episode 37: Colonel Jiménez dies
'El Chili' and 'El Topo', by order of Pablo Escobar, cruelly end the life of Colonel Jiménez. A crime that moves the country, leaves a widow and two fatherless.
Episode 38: The country, horrified by the death of Colonel Jiménez
The death of the Police Colonel causes horror and shock among those who fight every day against drug trafficking. Pablo Escobar's wife is suspicious of him, after the unexpected meeting they organize with the Medellín Cartel.
Episode 39: The Police inspect the Hacienda Napoles
The authorities in search of evidence to find the murderers of Colonel Jiménez, surprise the Hacienda Napoles in the middle of a party of the gangsters. In the stables, where Marcos, 'El Chili' and 'El Topo' are hiding, Gonzalo decides to tell the Mayor about the cove of dollars to distract him.
Episode 40: Cano's life is in danger
Two hitmen on the orders of Pablo Escobar, do intelligence on Guillermo Cano, who comes into the crosshairs of the bandits after the editorials published against the organization of the "boss of evil.
Episode 41: Guillermo Cano is assassinated
The country and journalism dress in mourning; the men who work for Pablo Escobar unscrupulously end the life of the Director of El Espectador Guillermo Cano. New victims are fighting for justice so as not to allow this crime to go in vain.
Episode 42: The country mourns the death of Cano
Although their only weapon was words, the Medellín Cartel responded to Guillermo Cano with bullets. Colombia mourns the death of the journalist who with guts, faced the organization of the 'boss of evil'.
Episode 43: The press rejects Cano's murder
The country's media paralyze their activities in protest and rejection of the murder of the 'dean of journalism' Guillermo Cano. Thousands of people join the 'marches of silence' in Colombia.
Episode 44: Escobar's evil crosses borders
The organization led by Pablo Escobar deals another blow to the Government. The criminals send hitmen to Budapest, where they attempt on the life of former minister Chacón. For his part in Colombia, they capture Crisanto Pérez, a partner of the 'patron of evil'.
Episode 45: Escobar wants to assassinate Herber
Pablo Escobar hires two new hit men to kill Marcos Herber. Kiko and Cain arrive at the man's estate as the promised reinforcements of the 'patron of evil'. On his part, Crisanto Pérez is threatened so that he does not cooperate with justice.
Episode 46: Escobar should have Herber alive
Given the new circumstances, Pablo Escobar gives his partner Marcos Herber a 'second chance' and instead of killing him, he betrays him by reporting him to the Police.
Episode 47: Marcos Herber is captured by the Police
Pablo Escobar betrays his partner Marcos Herber by exposing his location to the Police. The authorities break into the mobster's farm where they capture him and his men. Relive the chapter.
Episode 48: Escobar mocks the authorities
The Police prepare an operation at Pablo Escobar's residence. However, one of his allies in the authorities alerts him to flee immediately with his family.
Episode 49: Escobar 'sells' his own men
Gildardo meets with Pablo to express his intention to settle accounts with Correa and Valencia, for this reason he offers him a large sum of money, so that he can take charge of the situation as he sees fit.
Episode 50: Mauricio, very close to discovering Pablo's betrayal
Marcia looks for a way to find Hernán and with the help of Mauricio, they trace a call that leads them to a farm, where they meet Escobar's henchmen. The man deduces that Paul is after the matter.
Episode 51: Escobar delivers a 'false positive' to Pedregal
Episode 52: Escobar announces a new war
Episode 53: Firecrackers explode in Drugs El Rebajón
Episode 54: Pedro Motoa is arrested
Episode 55: The Cali Cartel prepares an attack against Escobar
Episode 56: The 'Marino' murders Yesenia
Episode 57: Motoa is released
Episode 58: They attack Pablo Escobar and his family
Episode 59: Escobar does not let his head have a price
Episode 60: Andrés Pastrana kidnapped
Episode 61: Escobar faces Pastrana
Episode 62: The war escalates between the State and the drug traffickers
Episode 63: Announced the murder of the Attorney General of the Nation
Episode 64: The anger and jealousy, the worst enemies of Escobar
Episode 65: Pablo Escobar unleashes its wrath
Episode 66: The 'Mariachi' prepares a sinister plan
Episode 67: New victims of the terror of Pablo Escobar
Episode 68: Colonel Quintana has no output
Episode 69: Colonel Quintana is killed
Episode 70: Despite the warnings, decides to go to Soacha Galan
Episode 71: The crime that the country reacted
Episode 72: The country is shocked with the loss of this brave
Episode 73: The Government is committed to the murderers
Episode 74: Ana Maria Cano seeks security of The Espectador
Episode 75: Attack on El Espectador
Episode 76: The Espectador goes on
Episode 77: The first member of Escobar's family falls
Episode 78: Escobar orders two new attacks
Episode 79: Peraza receives an envelope bomb
Episode 80: A cruel and atrocious attack shocks Colombia
Episode 81: Attack on the DAI building
Episode 82: The 'narco-terrorism' will not triumph
Episode 83: The elite group, in the footsteps of 'Mariachi'
Episode 84: The Elite Group and the 'Mariachi' face
Episode 85: The authorities dismiss the 'Mariachi'
Episode 86: Escobar sends a message to the Government
Episode 87: 'The extraditable' accept the call for peace
Episode 88: Peace negotiations canceled
Episode 89: Escobar puts a price on the police
Episode 90: Another presidential candidate falls
Episode 91: Escobar starts war against Pabon
Episode 92: They discover that Escobar Pineda is complicit
Episode 93: Presidential candidate Diego Pizano falls
Episode 94: Pabon receives a 'juicy' proposal
Episode 95: The 'Chili' falls, Escobar's right hand
Episode 96: Authorities increasingly near Escobar
Episode 97: Escobar falls ill with malaria
Episode 98: Gonzalo Gaviria falls into confrontation with the elite Group
Episode 99: Diana Turbay falls into the clutches of Pablo Escobar
Episode 100: Turbay is kidnapped by order of Escobar
Episode 101: Maruja and Berenice, victims 'pattern of evil'
Episode 102: The Motoa are thinking delivered
Episode 103: Diana Turbay dies in her rescue
Episode 104: A priest is an intermediary for peace
Episode 105: Escobar plans to surrender
Episode 106: Escobar surrenders to the authorities
Episode 107: The Cali Cartel wants to 'negotiate' with Escobar
Episode 108: Escobar continues to commit crimes from the Cathedral
Episode 109: The Government authorizes the creation of a search unit
Episode 110: Die 'Cain', another man of Pablo Escobar
Episode 111: Little by little Pablo Escobar's men fall
Episode 112: 'Los pepes' attack the Escobar family
Episode 113: The death of Pablo Escobar
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