"I read in a book somewhere about a rich guy who goes broke." "When he's asked how it happened how he had lost everything he answered:" "Slowly at first." "And then... all at once." "For Pablo Escobar "all at once" had finally come." "His empire in shambles his army all dead or in jail" "Escobar did the one thing he could still do: a disappearing act." "One month 14 days and seven hours... with no sightings no intercepts nothing." "While we waited for his eventual reemergence the machine built to capture him found itself idle." "And that brought a different kind of danger." "One that comes with too much time to think." "Some started to look inward at the path we had taken to get here... asking "How much of this blood is on me and how do I get clean?" "Under mounting political pressure" "Gaviria finally publicly denounced Los Pepes." "And Los Pepes responded with their own press release." "They said their job was done." "They were packing up and going home." "But Los Pepes wasn't something you could turn on and off." "Its members were looking to the future." "One without Escobar." "And they each had their own version of it." "Los Pepes had knocked Pablo out of the narco business and that had created a vacancy for a new cocaine king of Medellín." "Or depending on who you asked maybe a queen." "Los Pepes may have disbanded but that didn't mean they were done." "The story of a vigilante army taking down Escobar made for great headlines." "And while no one was named it's not to say it wasn't cause for concern." "Yes ma'am as far as I know." "No we're uh crystal clear on that." "Messina." "Yeah." "Uh he just got in." " Hey boss." " Murphy fill you in?" "Yeah." "This article's getting more traction than we thought." "International news outlets keep calling want a statement from the ambassador." " Are we giving one?" " No." "Nobody is." "But we're watching it closely." "I don't need to tell you it could look very bad for us." "I want to make sure we're covered." "Well Los Pepes is disbanded." "It's basically over." "Look I tend to agree." "But the press may shake a few more trees see what falls." "What if someone talks?" "The only people that are gonna talk about Los Pepes is Los Pepes." "And they're not talking." "So we're covered." "We better be." "What's going on?" "Nothing that's my problem anymore." "Where you going?" "I just want to make sure." "Fuck it." "I don't want to know." "And you can go fuck yourself." "Best way to make a bad story go away is to come up with a better story... and sell it hard." "This is one of the cornerstones of American foreign policy and one we learned through years of trial and error in Latin America" "Chile Guatemala Panama." "Getting caught with your pants down sucks but if at the same time you give the folks a big win like say dismantling the second biggest drug cartel in the world well then nobody's paying attention to the bad story." "They're too busy patting you on the back." "Risky plan?" "Yes." "But pressure will force you to take risks." "It'll force you to do a lot of things." "Where's Peña?" "What do you need?" "I got a tip." "A guy." "He says he may have a lead man." "Yeah well why don't you uh give it to Martinez?" "Or you could give it to your Los Pepes pals." "He wants to give it to an American." "Yeah what's he got?" "Who is this guy?" "He's a guy I know." "Come on Murphy." "He's safe." "He knows I work with you." "What he doesn't trust you?" "All right." "Bring him in." "He's in Bogotá." "So I gotta go to Bogotá to meet your friend?" "Forget it." "Come on Murphy." "You want Escobar don't you?" "Please talk to him." "It's really important." " All right." "Set it up." " Okay." "In English please!" "Those are the codes and frequencies." "Pablo is using a radio." "That's the way he communicates with his wife." "And these are the codes Murphy." "Yeah?" "Where did it come from and how did you get it?" "Lugo is a fiscal at the Tequendama." "He guards the family." "What do you want for this?" "Money?" "Visa?" "It don't work that way bud." "So?" "What do you think?" "Javi he's given us everything." "We got codes frequencies." " I think it's real." " Take it to Martinez." "I'm at the embassy." "I gotta call you back." "What you doing at the embassy?" "What's going on?" "Nothing I can't handle." "I'll fill you in when I can." " Javi let's get on this." " Murphy take it to Martinez." "I'll call you later." "Peña's in Bogotá?" "Yeah Javi's into something." "Shit." "I'll take the codes back." "You stay with Peña okay?" "No fucking way." "The codes are staying with me." "I'll take it to Martinez." "We give Judy immunity take her testimony and we are covered." "Don't lie to me again Peña." "This is a tier-one narco who's ready to flip on other tier-one narcos." "She's been in the business for 30 years." "She knows Cali's operation." "It's not intel anyone can provide." "She has leverage over you." "Her information on Escobar crippled his business." "She'll do the same to Cali only this time for us." "The moment she goes on record her leverage is gone." "She doesn't get immunity until after she talks." "Get her on record and we'll see what she's got." "Nobody seems to want to take on Cali." "They've been off-limits but this may do the trick." "And Peña." "Be discreet." "Tell no one." "There are people in this building who won't like it." "Going down?" "So... how's it going?" "All right say he picks up the phone." "How close can we get?" "If Pablo talks in Medellín we'll know every word he says." " Can you get his exact location?" " If it's within range yes." "All right if Pablo uses the phone outside of Medellín with the same codes can you hear him?" "No." "The antenna is not that strong." "Hey man." "How's it going?" "Everything good at the safe house?" " Where's Messina?" " Oh she's gone." "Reassigned." "Headed home." "Likely to spend the rest of her career busting meth labs in Indianapolis." "Something about chain of command." " And Judy?" " You didn't hear?" "Judy has an interview with the Miami Herald in uh... oh about five hours." "Now I can't be certain but I bet she has a story to tell about the involvement of a certain DEA agent with Los Pepes." "All I know for sure is whatever Judy has to say it won't be pointed in my direction." "You should've stayed in your lane." "Wow." "And Cali too right?" "They get a pass?" "How much do they pay you for your protection?" "Pay me?" "Let me tell you something Agent Peña." "Maybe it'll make you feel better but maybe not." "We're gonna get them someday." "But not your way." "For everything you know you're uh..." "extremely naive." "Anyway I've enjoyed this." "The laughs." "Um..." "Oh." "I think the ambassador wants to see you." "I guess word about this Miami Herald thing is spreading like a prairie fire." "And bring your passport." "I think you're going home but... you didn't hear that from me."