Political And Social Issues In Killing Colombia By Mark Bowden

During the 1970 and 1990’s, Colombia experienced the worst time in all its history. It was the time when Pablo Escobar was alive, making society and the government feared from his actions. It’s not a lie to say Escobar, made Colombia one of the most dangerous places in the world. Killing Pablo written by Mark Bowden is an investigative- journalism narrative, telling the story about the fast rise and fierce fall of one of the wealthiest, most violent and dominant criminal in all time. The author of the book, Mark Bowden, exposes the political and social issues that Colombia has to deal with during that time. Bowden has produced a fascinating story that is a harsh description of rough justice in the world.
Along the story, Bowden makes clear
“, Escobar used car-bombs, and other ways to pressure the government about the extradition process he preferred to die in Colombia than living in a American Jail. In the next quote, Bowden shows the magnitude of the war between the CIA, DEA, Colombian police and El cartel de Medellin. “In May 1989, Pablo’s men set off a car bomb in Bogotá alongside a vehicle carrying General Miguel Maza, the head of the DAS. Six people were killed and fifty more injured. The wheels of Maza’s car melted on the asphalt in the heat of the blast, but the sturdy general, who was leading the hunt for Pablo, stepped out unhurt”(Bowden, 67). Pablo Escobar created terror to manipulate the public opinion and the government. However, the president at the time was Cesar Gaviria, he made a deal with Escobar that was if Pablo Escobar confess everything that he had done, he was not going to be sent to the United States, and will be able to stay in a jail in Medellin, the one who he built with his commodities. The next quote shows that Pablo Escobar didn’t accept anything of what he made but the government didn’t care and still send it to the jail he wanted and had created, this shows how the government let Escobar manipulated the and pressure them, “Pablo’s “confession,” part of his deal with the state, would