DEA Agents Reveal They Were Ordered to Kill Pablo Escobar, Not Arrest Him
What was said
"You know the orders from Colonel Martinez to me and Steve? He said, guys, we're not seizing money here, we're not seizing dope, we're here to kill Pablo Escobar."
DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña disclosed that their Colombian National Police commander, Colonel Hugo Martinez, explicitly ordered them to kill Pablo Escobar rather than capture him. This revelation contradicts the public narrative of a law enforcement operation focused on arrest and prosecution, exposing that the 18-month manhunt was an assassination mission from the start. Colonel Martinez's order stemmed from Escobar's campaign targeting Colombian police officers with bounties and threats against Martinez's own family.
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Source and context
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- Programme
- Danger Close
- Episode
- Danger Close | The Fourth Option Podcast: Steve Murphy & Javier Peña
- Clip time
- 49:27
- Original source
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