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Offline Kratzer

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Anyone read Mark Bowden's book - Killing Pablo?
« on: February 25, 2002, 03:27:45 PM »
Killing Pablo

It's about the hunt for Pablo Escobar, and the possibility of US operators, posing as Columbians, pulling the trigger on him.  It looked really interesting - anyone read it?  He's a great writer - I think it looks great.

I thumbed through it at Barnes & Noble this weekend - though the $25 price tag kept me away for now...

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Anyone read Mark Bowden's book - Killing Pablo?
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2002, 04:04:40 PM »
Hilarious, they think he's dead.

If there is anyone that could pull off a nicer way to retire, it'd be that crook.

I never heard of any DNA or fingerprint test done on the disfigured corpse they claimed was him. And I wouldnt trust it either, the level of corruption and people he had in his pocket was so big that he couldve easily falsified them (as he did with many other stuff).


"Columbians" Thats a US state. its Colombia ;)

"a pudgy, uneducated man who smoked marijuana " (from the Amazon reviews)

WTF? The guy had high school and university education. he did not GRADUATE from university, most of the drug lords never did, they usually left the U. at their senior years (although some "purchased" their degree later on..most as lawyers.. lol). He even was a SENATOR for a time.

"The Colombian government tried to capture him, but without much luck"

Hehe, here's a nice tidbit for you: He SURRENDERED once under a program in which he would be sent to a high security prision, this was when they pulled off the "no extradition" policy.

He was sent to the prision, located near Medellin. Interestingly, the prision was close to the Soccer stadium he had built years ago when he patronized the local Soccer team (which he was a great fan of).

And you know what happened? The guy in this "prision" had jacuzzi, personal massage therapists, computers, cable tv (unheard of in the country at that time) and best of all, he could LEAVE the prision ANY time he wanted.. and did so repeatedly to watch his soccer team play.

Nice eh? When the gov. found out (sigh) almost 6 months later they tried to take the stuff away but he just ran away and escaped again.

I havent read the book, but if you want to really read on how fukd up and ridiculous our gov. is when dealing with this trash, grab it and read, the author seems to have done a lot of background info on the country before telling the story.

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Anyone read Mark Bowden's book - Killing Pablo?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2002, 04:05:41 PM »
I read it, it was a good read.  Pablo is dead, it looks pretty cut and dried to me.

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Anyone read Mark Bowden's book - Killing Pablo?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2002, 07:44:47 AM »
If you want an amazing book about the drug war, try to find "Desperados", by Elaine Shannon.  She went to Mexico to cover the torture and death of DEA agent Enrique Camerana.  The book is very detailed and shows just how  completely the narco-trafficanos have infiltrated Mexican culture and government.  And how, even though they get hardly any support, there are some agents still trying to do their job.  And getting killed for it.