Episode Details

Pablo Escobar built the Medellín Cartel into a $30 billion operation that supplied 80 percent of the cocaine entering the United States. He bribed judges, bombed airliners, assassinated presidential candidates, and built his own prison when the Colombian government came for him.

This episode traces the rise and fall of history's wealthiest criminal, from his early days stealing tombstones in Medellín to the rooftop shootout that ended his life in 1993.

• How he built a smuggling network that moved 15 tons of cocaine per day
• The campaign of terror known as plata o plomo, silver or lead
• La Catedral, the luxury prison he designed and controlled
• The manhunt by Los Pepes and U.S. special forces that tracked him down