Narcos - Work

Pablo Escobar’s organization was the rock star era of drug trafficking. Their modus operandi was brute force. When the Colombian government tried to extradite them to the US, the responded with a war of terror.

He crossed the street. They crossed the street. Narcos

The series has been criticized for "Escobar-mania"—turning a terrorist rapist (Escobar had a habit of sexually assaulting underage girls) into a tragic anti-hero. However, the show’s later seasons rectify this. We see the wives suffering, the children hiding, the innocent maids being murdered. shows that the "glamour" rots from the inside. Pablo Escobar’s organization was the rock star era

The death of Escobar marked the beginning of the end for the Medellín cartel. Without its leader, the cartel's operations began to crumble, and many of its top associates were either captured or killed. The cartel's influence on Colombian society began to wane, and the country began to rebuild. He crossed the street

Three factors allowed them to explode into power: