Pablo.

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Here thanks to the Internet please read the entire series as originally printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Killing Pablo".

As originally written by Mark Bowden, published in 2000, the story of the hunt, ultimately successful, for the notorious and very dangerous Latin American drug kingpin and mass murderer, Pablo Escobar.

A thirty-five part serial with conclusion that makes for interesting reading.

"Killing Pablo: Chapters One Through Seventeen"

Chapters Eighteen through conclusion.

Pablo, the dangerous, elusive and MOST wanted fugitive in the world, finally cornered and killed in a shoot-out with the paramilitary unit of the Colombian police, the Search Bloc.

The life of Pablo finally terminated by Search Bloc, the intensive hunt also including:

* American Delta Force operatives/Special Forces/Navy SEALs.

* American Centra Spike airborne electronic warriors.

* American CIA/DEA informants and operatives.

* Los Pepes. Colombian nationals devoted to the death and destruction of Pablo and his organization. Described as right-wing militia with revenge as the main motivation for their actions.

The threat as posed by Pablo not ever being overestimated. The man a danger to the entire structure of ordered life in Colombian AND an international menace as well, through his participation in the drug trade.

Pablo however, having the image in his own mind of being a "Robin Hood" character, indeed, many in Colombian society seeing him in exactly this way!!

Conventional ways and means of combating the danger as posed by Pablo not suitable, paramilitary and military forces required to eliminate "Robin"!

One thing is certainly made manifest when reading this serial. The BIG FOOTPRINT approach in locating and bringing to justice a fugitive such as Pablo does NOT work.

Lots of aircraft, troops, gringo advisers/technicians ONLY ALERTS the fugitive that measures are a-foot - - it then becoming even MORE difficult to find and apprehend/kill the miscreant.

This serial will take you a long time to read, but it is worth it. And thanks again to Mark Bowden, the author!

coolbert.