Narcos (Mini-series, Season 1, Bilingual English-Spanish; 2015)
This is the biography of the man who rocked the richest nation in the world through his drug smuggling activities. What started as a small drug problem in the fringes of the country eventually became a big problem when a significant amount of money was siphoned out of the country that it started hurting the economy. Then, the US Government and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) took notice.
It is a classic case of karma biting back. In the 60s, Chile was the biggest producer of cocaine in the world. Its isolated terrain was an ideal cover for their clandestine production. It was the era of the Cold War. The US, as the de facto leader of the capitalistic world, had a moral obligation to ‘protect’ Latin American countries from the control of their nemesis, the USSR. They manoeuvred Pinochet to take control of Chile. Pinochet brought about many changes, initially, to the country. The army also took a tough stand to go on an all-out cleansing of the country-side of drug production. It literally took the producers out of Chile to neighbouring countries. One of them who survived the annihilation was a man nicknamed Cockroach.
He finally brought his expertise to expertise to Columbia. He managed to interest a small-time smuggler and profiteer, Pablo Escobar. Escobar came up with the great idea to market it his drugs in America for big bucks. See how the adage ‘what goes around, comes around’ is so true.
The story is told from the perspective of a DEA agent, Steve Murphy. This, being an American view of events, is narrated as though the Yankees are the do-gooder saviours who go out of the way to right the wrong to maintain law and order in Columbia. What a load of hogwash! They can say, “We didn’t start the fire, it was already on before we came to the picture.” The truth is quite plain. The US had their hands dirty in almost all South American countries.
In the first season, Escobar can be seen consolidating himself as a ruthless gangster who would have no mercy and no qualms to kill anyone to achieve his mission. He wins the local election by gaining sympathy and blatantly giving handouts to the poor. He himself is another example of a rag-to-riches who had so much money at 28 years old that he lost track. He is humiliated and is expelled from the parliament after his drug-related activities are highlighted.
This is the biography of the man who rocked the richest nation in the world through his drug smuggling activities. What started as a small drug problem in the fringes of the country eventually became a big problem when a significant amount of money was siphoned out of the country that it started hurting the economy. Then, the US Government and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) took notice.
It is a classic case of karma biting back. In the 60s, Chile was the biggest producer of cocaine in the world. Its isolated terrain was an ideal cover for their clandestine production. It was the era of the Cold War. The US, as the de facto leader of the capitalistic world, had a moral obligation to ‘protect’ Latin American countries from the control of their nemesis, the USSR. They manoeuvred Pinochet to take control of Chile. Pinochet brought about many changes, initially, to the country. The army also took a tough stand to go on an all-out cleansing of the country-side of drug production. It literally took the producers out of Chile to neighbouring countries. One of them who survived the annihilation was a man nicknamed Cockroach.
He finally brought his expertise to expertise to Columbia. He managed to interest a small-time smuggler and profiteer, Pablo Escobar. Escobar came up with the great idea to market it his drugs in America for big bucks. See how the adage ‘what goes around, comes around’ is so true.
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