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A tour-de force of investigative journalism-this is actually the tale of the violent rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the top of the Colombian Medellin drug cartel. Escobaris legal empire kept a country of thirty-million hostage in a reign of terror that will only end together with his death. Within an extreme, up-close consideration, prize-winning reporter Mark Bowden reveals facts nothing you've seen prior revealed concerning the U.S.-led hidden sixteen-month manhunt. With unparalleled use of essential players—including Colombian leader Cisar Gaviria and the incorruptible mind of the special police unit that attacked Escobar, Colonel Hugo Martinez-in addition to top-secret files and transcripts of Escobaris intercepted telephone conversations, Bowden has created a gripping story that's a stark depiction of rough justice in real life.