DEA Special Agents Steve Murphy and Javier Pena share their incredible story as the lead investigators responsible for bringing down Pablo Escobar. Javier and Steve join Unlatched Mind to discuss what it was like to battle the world’s first “narcotics terrorist” and how the famous case impacted their life. We also talk about the massively successful Netflix series NARCOS, based on the real-life story of Steve and Javier’s DEA career chasing Pablo.

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Show Highlights:

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:20 - Steve and Javier get assigned the Pablo Escobar case
00:06:00 - Glamorization of Pablo’s terror
00:07:00 - Pablo’s cult following and the Robin Hood analogy
00:08:58 - The brutality of Pablo’s regime. Silver or Lead.
00:13:40 - Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar
00:17:00 - US closes the Mexican border
00:19:30 - Steve & Javier fear for their life
00:23:25 - Things get personal
00:26:00 - Breaking policy
00:30:00 - What motivated Pablo Escobar?
00:33:25 - What Pablo feared most
00:36:20 - The death of Pablo Escobar
00:45:45 - The success of Netflix NARCOS series
00:49:55 – What’s next for Steve and Javier

Ep 40: DEA NARCOS: Bringing Down Pablo Escobar