[On a tip from the Cali cartel, the Search Bloc finally catches Gustavo Gaviria]
You're making a big mistake, Carrillo. We're already in negotiations with the government. You have no reason to be doing this.
You're right. That's why I'm not here.
GGaviria
Then what the fuck do you want?
Don't act stupid. Give me your cousin and I'll let you live.
GGaviria
[sighs] All right. Kill me, then, motherfucker.
I won't do that myself, but I want to introduce you to some people who would love to do it for me. [gestures to one soldier] This guy? This is Lastia. His sister died in a bookstore in Bogotá in a bombing you coordinated. She was 17 years old. And this guy here, [points to another] this is Trujillo. You killed his father and his brother for being cops.
GGaviria
That has nothing to do with me.
No? You know if you support evil, you are evil. Look at them. I just want you to look at their faces. A few of the victims you've left in your wake. Tell me, have you ever felt the swift vengeance of justice? Give me your cousin or I'll let these men show you that vengeance with their fists.
GGaviria
Do it, then you sons of bitches.
OK, then. We'll see how you feel after ten minutes. [to men] Do it. [the Search Bloc troopers start beating up Gustavo]
SSicario
Moncada and Galeano said the Cali cartel are preparing for a ceasefire.
Mm. As am I. We're going to negotiate a truce. But first, we're going to kill a few of his men.
SSicario
I'm sorry, boss, but the Cali cartel is going to take that as an act of war, don't you think?
[exhales deeply] The purpose of war is peace.
[voiceover] As part of Escobar's surrender deal, Search Bloc was disbanded, and Colonel Carrillo was transferred out of the country. For the time being, Carrillo's war was over.
I don't see why they're sending you to Spain. It's not like the cocaine war is over. Galeano and Moncada are fronting for Escobar.
My superiors say I play too rough.
At least Escobar is in jail and you can leave knowing you helped put him there.
Jail? I know you gringos aren't allowed to do flyovers, but um I got some photographs, courtesy of the Colombian military. [shows pictures] I want you to look at 'em, tell me if this qualifies as a jail.
He's got a fucking soccer field.
Escobar is moving more coke than ever. Without the Colombian government breathing down his neck, all he's gotta worry about is the Cali cartel. Let's face it, fellas, he won.
Mr. President, I just spoke with the attorney general. Moncada's wife reported his disappearance from La Catedral. It's clear that Escobar killed those men in that prison.
I don't think he'd take it that far.
Escobar is capable of anything. But you know what? This could be a good opportunity for us.
GGaviria
Forgive me, Eduardo, but I'm having a hard time finding the silver lining in all this.
This is our opportunity to end Pablo's vacation.
[voiceover] Success. Sure, it cost me a suspension, but who cares? I just call it a week's paternity leave. I was ready to crack a beer and watch Escobar's endgame on TV. See, because of me and Peña, the Colombian government was sending in the army. Not the cops, but the fucking army. There was no way that Escobar was getting out of this one. But, then again, in Colombia nothing goes down the way you think it will.
[Eduardo Sandoval enters La Catedral to negotiate President Gaviria's offer to temporarily put Pablo in another jail]
Good evening, vice-minister. It's been a while.
Good evening. I'm here on behalf of President Gaviria. My orders are to escort you to a temporary prison in Bogotá. The government has decided to make some improvements here at La Catedral for your safety and everyone else's here.
Mm. I would think Gaviria could come up with a more believable lie. I know why you're here. Because of Moncada and Galeano. But I didn't kill those men. That story is a lie.
And why should the government care about some dispute between gangsters? We don't care about that.
You're mistaken. You are betraying me, vice-minister. Gaviria is betraying me.
If your safety is a concern, I will gladly escort you out myself.
We have an agreement, and you're breaking it. What guarantee do I have that the Americans won't kidnap me and take me to the US? Bush would be very happy to stick me in a gringo jail, like he did to Lehder, like he did to Noriega, right?
That's not gonna happen, you have my word.
Your word. Mm. As vice-minister of justice?
Yes. I give you my word as vice-minister of justice. Haven't you noticed that the army has completely surrounded this jail? We can end this peacefully if you just cooperate and walk out with me.
SSicario
Don Pablo, these bastards will kill you!
I respectfully decline your offer, vice-minister. The press is saying I killed those men, but that's a lie to sell newspapers. If Gaviria wants me out of here he can come here and do it himself. Meanwhile, I'll view any incursion as a declaration of war.
[Sandoval has tried to call President Gaviria but the president hung up on him on a minister's advice]
I just realized something. The president didn't just betray me, he also betrayed you. He knew if you came here...look at me, there would be three options. One: I leave with you, peacefully. Two: I take you hostage. Three: I shoot you, and then, he really would have a good excuse to kill me. Right? [sighs] Either way, he wins. Right? Maybe the president is betraying us both.
You could be right. But you know something? I'll sacrifice my life to make sure you're dead.
You think you're better than me, but you're wrong. I come from nothing. I fought hard to become what I am. If the government hadn't come after me I would be where you are now: the vice minister of justice.
You and I are nothing alike. You are a criminal. And criminals can't run forever.
[voiceover] Less than an hour after Escobar escaped La Catedral, word had spread all over Colombia that war was coming again. But this time would be different. This time, there would be no surrender, no negotiations, no deals. This time we were gonna kill him. Escobar said, "Better a grave in Colombia than a cell in the US." Well, guess what, motherfucker? That works for me.
[narrating] Okay, here we go again. [military siege on the prison] Let me break it down for you: 4,000 soldiers, a 250-man team of Colombia's elite forces, tens of thousands of rounds fired, seven dogs, and four fuckin' helicopters. Pablo Escobar was surrounded in the middle of fuckin' nowhere. There was no way he was getting out of this one - right?
S1Soldier #1
[all guns trained on Escobar] Mr. Escobar, I'm sorry, but we've been ordered to not let you through. We have to take you into custody.
[steps out into the light] Son, I'm sorry to say, unfortunately, I can't allow that to happen... Excuse me. [walks past them]
S2Soldier #2
[to the first soldier] You don't speak a word of this to anyone, understood?
[Don Berna is talking to his brother Jaime, but Jaime ignores his warnings about the Los Priscos gang, and when they assault his lab with Pablo Escobar in tow...]
[picks up phone as Jaime hung up when the Los Priscos attacked] Jaime.
Berna, how have you been?
This is Pablo speaking. I imagine you want to talk to Jaime, right?
JMJaime Mendoza
Berna, help me, man. Berna, talk to Pablo. [sees Pablo ready pistol] Explain everything, Berna! Help me! Pablo, no! Wait! [gets killed on the line]
And now, you fat son of a bitch... we're coming after you and that bitch you protect.
Pablo, you've just made the biggest mistake.
JMJudy Moncada
[to Don Berna] Who is it?
...that Pablo Escobar is to be respected, you son of a bitch.
[narrating] Imagine this, President of Colombia goes on TV and tells the whole world he'll never make a deal with you. Now a normal person thinks, "I'm fucked." But Pablo Escobar, he thinks that's just your opening offer. So the man finds a way to respond. And how did Gaviria take Pablo's offer? I think it's safe to say that he didn't really care for it. But it wasn't just Gaviria Pablo was talking to. In his mind, he was also negotiating with the leader of the free world.
[to interviewer] It turns out that my problem turned into a political problem. It appears that I am very important to the re-election of the President of the United States.
[narrating] You see, the problem was, George Bush had his own plans for Escobar.
GHGeorge H.W. Bush
[in his famous address to the nation] We will, for the first time, make available the appropriate resources of America's armed forces. And for the drug kingpins, the death penalty.
And with a Commander-in-Chief who used to be the head of the CIA - well, you can use your imagination as to what "appropriate resources" might mean.
