Tales of the Drug Lord's Son

The Dark Lord of Medellín
Starting in the 1970s, Colombia's Pablo Escobar turned a street drug operation in his native city into the murderous and tenacious Medellín cartel. At one point, he was believed to have been worth $24 billion. When the Colombian government, pressed by the U.S., began to wage war on him, he warred right back. In 10 years of carnage, he cost Colombia the lives of an Attorney General, a Justice Minister, three presidential candidates, more than 200 judges, 30 kidnapping victims, dozens of journalists and perhaps 1,000 police officers.

• My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son Speaks