Officer Carrillo Pablo Escobar
Horacio carrillo died 1992 was a colonel of the colombian national police and the first leader of search bloc being active from 1989 to 1992 carrillo was a key player in the hunt for pablo escobar and other colombian drug barons and he personally led several raids against them including the raids that killed jose rodriguez gacha and gustavo gaviria.
Officer carrillo pablo escobar. Narcos is an american crime drama television series created and produced by chris brancato carlo bernard and doug miro. The man who brought down pablo escobar. In the series the bloc is headed by a character named colonel horacio carrillo who critics have claimed was loosely based on colonel hugo martinez. But as the colonel who pursued escobar can attest the war goes on and innocents.
The medellín cartel spanish. The original search bloc was featured prominently in the netflix original series narcos which portrays the rise and fall of pablo escobar. However martinez is introduced as a separate character. Cartel de medellín was a powerful and highly organized colombian drug cartel and terrorist type criminal organization originating in the city of medellín colombia that was founded and led by pablo escobar the drug cartel operated from 1972 to 1993 in bolivia colombia panama central america peru and the united states as well as in canada.
Death of pablo escobar general hugo rafaél martínez poveda october 16 1941 22 march 2020 was a colombian police general. The purpose of col. Set and filmed in colombia seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of drug kingpin pablo escobar who became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine the series also focuses on escobar s interactions with drug lords drug enforcement administration. Horatio carrillo may be to display the more brutal things that this unit of the national police of colombia is said to have done and how far they were willing to go to get pablo escobar without accusing the real people directly to avoid possible legal issues.
He was assigned the new commander of the search bloc a unit of the national police of colombia assembled by president césar gaviria in 1986. Carrillo even threw gato escobar s sicario who managed a drug lab out of a helicopter when he refused to rat on pablo. Carrillo s men rounded up six of escobar s spotters. They behaved mischievously while carrillo attempted to interrogate them so he shot the eldest of them and gave a bullet to the youngest telling him to inform escobar.
The colombian drug lord was killed and his cartel destroyed. Raised in the nearby city of medellín escobar is thought to have begun his criminal.