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How We Took Down Pablo Escobar - Javier Peña - Ep 73
Javier Peña is a retired DEA agent that was one of the lead investigators in the manhunt of Colombian drug lord and leader of the Medellin cartel, Pablo Escobar. He is also the co-author (along with his partner Steve Murphy) of Manhunters - How We Took Down Pablo Escobar which can be purchased on DEAnarcos.com. The popular Netflix show, Narcos, is based on his life as a DEA agent in Colombia.
0:00 Intro
1:30 How Javier started in law enforcement
7:45 Arriving in Colombian
11:15 Was Javier a dirty cop
16:00 Catching evil people without being evil
19:45 Catching Pablo's 15yr old sicario
25:45 Car bombs in Colombia
31:00 Sleeping in Pablo's bed and prison
36:45 Bureaucracy in the agency
42:15 Cali cartel helping bring down Pablo
46:45 Was Cali cartel actually going to surrender
48:45 Pablo killing his own men in prison
53:45 Operation Phoenix
57:45 Los Pepes & Outro
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Javier Peña is a retired DEA agent that was one of the lead investigators in the manhunt of Colombian drug lord and leader of the Medellin cartel, Pablo Escobar. He is also the co-author (along with his partner Steve Murphy) of Manhunters - How We Took Down Pablo Escobar which can be purchased on DEAnarcos.com. The popular Netflix show, Narcos, is based on his life as a DEA agent in Colombia.
0:00 Intro
1:30 How Javier started in law enforcement
7:45 Arriving in Colombian
11:15 Was Javier a dirty cop
16:00 Catching evil people without being evil
19:45 Catching Pablo's 15yr old sicario
25:45 Car bombs in Colombia
31:00 Sleeping in Pablo's bed and prison
36:45 Bureaucracy in the agency
42:15 Cali cartel helping bring down Pablo
46:45 Was Cali cartel actually going to surrender
48:45 Pablo killing his own men in prison
53:45 Operation Phoenix
57:45 Los Pepes & Outro