Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden

Author:Mark Bowden
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Autobiography, Police, True Crime, General, Criminals & Outlaws, Fugitives from justice, Colombia, Biography & Autobiography, Narcotics dealers, Biography
ISBN: 9781435296640
Publisher: Paw Prints
Published: 2008-06-05T05:00:00+00:00

It is difficult to reconstruct precisely what happened on the rooftop. Each Search Bloc member interviewed for this story provided an account based on what he had seen. Certain details differed. In some cases, these accounts included descriptions given to Search Bloc members by other witnesses.

Official reports said Escobar was shot dead as he ran across the rooftop during a gun battle with police. But a senior Colombian National Police commander now says Escobar was executed at close range. Autopsy reports and photos show that the fatal round went directly into his right ear.

"I believe it is true that Escobar was shot in the head after he was wounded on the rooftop," said Col. Oscar Naranjo, who was chief of intelligence for the Colombian National Police at the time. "You have to understand, the anxiety of that team was so high. Escobar was like a trophy at the end of a long hunt. For him to have been taken alive . . . no one wanted to attend that disaster."

Col. Martinez said there was "no point-blank 'coup de grace.' " He indicated that the fatal shot was fired from at least three feet away.

Maj. Aguilar told the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo that he fired the 9mm round into Escobar's ear, but he did not say from what distance.

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