Killing Pablo

by Mark Bowden

Killing Pablo describes what happened when the U.S. government put its resources behind the hunt for Pablo Escobar, a notorious Colombian drug lord. Bowden describes the search in gripping detail, from the massive electronic-surveillance effort to bureaucratic infighting between rival U.S. agencies.

The Colombian government had tried to capture him, but without much luck. He was making powerful enemies in both Colombia and the United States. The final straw probably came when Pablo's men murdered a popular politician and, three months later, planted a bomb on a plane, killing 110 people, including two Americans.

Killing Pablo is a harrowing investigation into the cost of both drug trafficking and the War on Drugs.

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