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- Loving Pablo, hating Escobar / by Vallejo, Virginia,author.; McDowell, Megan,translator.; translation of:Vallejo, Virginia.Amando a Pablo, odiando a Escobar.English.;
"A revealing memoir of Colombian television journalist Virginia Vallejo's affair with the "King of Cocaine," notorious Medellín drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. At 33, Virginia Vallejo was media elite. A renowned anchorwoman and socialite, and a model who appeared on magazine covers worldwide, Vallejo was the darling of Colombia's most powerful politicians and billionaires. Meeting Pablo Escobar in 1983, and becoming his mistress for many years, she witnessed the rise of a drug empire that was characterized by Escobar's far-reaching political corruption, his extraordinary wealth, and a network of violent crime that lasted until his death in 1993. In this highly personal and insightful story, Vallejo characterizes the duality of Escobar's charm and charisma as a benefactor to the people of Colombia, and the repulsion of his criminal actions as a tyrannical terrorist and enemy of many world leaders. Told from the present day perspective, and reflecting on her cooperation with the US Department of Justice, in 2006, as she testified against high-ranking Colombian ministers on trial for conspiracy and murder, Vallejo offers a compelling work of intimate reflection and critical journalism--a unique perspective on the Colombian drug wars and the endlessly fascinating figure, Pablo Escobar."--- Subjects: Biographies.; Escobar, Pablo; Vallejo, Virginia; Actors; Drug traffic; Women television journalists;
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- Manhunters : how we took down Pablo Escobar / by Murphy, Steve(Steven E.),author.; Pena, Javier F.(DEA special agent),author.;
'Manhunters' is the explosive memoir of legendary DEA agents and the subject of the hit Netflix series 'Narcos', Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pena. Murphy and Pena risked everything to capture the world's most wanted man, and their first hand experience couple with the stories of the DEA's recently de-classified files on the search for Escobar form the beating heart of this book.- Subjects: Escobar, Pablo.; United States. Drug Enforcement Administration.; Drug control; Drug dealers; Drug traffic; Fugitives from justice;
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- The infiltrator [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-actor.; Dukakis, Olympia,actor.; Furman, Brad,film director.; Furman, Ellen Brown,screenwriter.; Kruger, Diane,1976-actor.; Leguizamo, John,actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Mazur, Robert.Infiltrator.; Broad Green Pictures (Firm),publisher.; Mongrel Media.;
Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Olympia Dukakis, Juliet Aubrey.A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA Rating: R; for strong violence, language throughout, some sexual content and drug material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Biographical films.; Crime films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Escobar, Pablo; Medellín Cartel; Cocaine industry; Drug control; Drug dealers; Money laundering;
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- Good hunting : an American spymaster's story / by Devine, Jack,1940-; Loeb, Vernon.;
"A master class in spycraft from one of its greatest practitioners. Jack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanistan; he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it; he caught Pablo Escobar in Colombia; he tried to warn George Tenet that there was a bullet coming from Iraq with his name on it. Devine served America's interests for more than thirty years in a wide range of covert operations, ultimately overseeing the Directorate of Operations, a CIA division that watches over thousands of American covert operatives worldwide. Good Hunting is his guide to the art of spycraft, told with great wit, candor, and commonsense wisdom. Caricatured by Hollywood, lionized by the right, and pilloried by the left, the CIA remains one of the least understood instruments of the United States government. Devine knows more than almost anyone about the CIA's vital importance as a tool of American statecraft. Now, as he sees it, the agency is trapped within a larger bureaucracy, losing swaths of turf to the military and, most ominous of all, being transformed into a paramilitary organization. Its capacity to do what it does best has been seriously degraded. In wonderfully readable prose, Good Hunting aims to set the record straight. This is a revelatory inside look at an organization whose history has not been given its real due"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.1. Inside the Invisible Government -- 2. Mules, Pick-up Trucks, and Stinger Missiles -- 3. "Your friend called from the airport" -- 4. "You need to polygraph him" -- 5. "Jack, this changes it all, doesn't it?" -- 6. Do I Lie to the Pope, or Break Cover? -- 7. Selling the Linear Strategy, One Lunch at a Time -- 8. Jousting with the Soviets : When I Knew It Was Over -- 9. A New Boss, a Bad Penny, and a Principled Heroin Dissent -- 10. The Rooster and the Train -- 11. Raising the Bar -- 12. Writing Notes in Green Ink -- 13. Splitting a Steak -- 14. Good Hunting -- Postscript -- People Consulted.- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; History.; Autobiographies.; Narrative non-fiction.; Devine, Jack, 1940-; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Devine, Jack, 1940-; United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Spies; Intelligence officers; Espionage, American; Spies; Spies.; POLITICAL SCIENCE; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; Diplomatic relations.; Employees.; Espionage, American.; Intelligence officers.; Spies.;
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