[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.
[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.
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