Ambassador Noonan, César Gaviria and others in “Unfinished Business”

We want to help you catch Escobar.

César Gaviria

I have enormous gratitude to you, especially with Agent Murphy, whose warnings kept me off that plane. You, sir, yes.

Eduardo Sandoval

Unfortunately, not the rest of the passengers.

The people in Colombia are horrified about the bombing of Avianca's plane. But they're also against American soldiers on our soil and spy planes intercepting calls, so-

America doesn't intercept civilian phone calls. That's absurd.

Steve Murphy

Presidente, you need additional resources to get this man.

Well your government's research says 660 tons of cocaine were consumed in the United States last year. Perhaps if your resources were focused at home, we'd all be better off.

Murphy

[voiceover] Gaviria made good on his promise to go after Escobar. Colonel Carrillo's Search Bloc was set loose with a vengeance. Carrillo mounted dozens of raids. But with an army of informants, Escobar somehow always got away. We sat on the sidelines, hands tied by bureaucracy. In response, Pablo took his narco-terrorism to a whole new level with a bombing campaign that would shake the country to its foundations. In doing his best to avoid war, that's exactly what Gaviria got. And the toll on both sides was devastating. The thing about war is it's just bad for business. And when you got a bull's-eye on your back, your rivals get bold.