Carlos Mauro Hoyos of the government of Virgilio Barco was issuing a severe anti-terrorism penal regimen that was named Statute for Defending the Democracy. At the same time, the government promised that the crime would not go unpunished. However, this was just the starting point of a narcoterrorist continuous period perpetuated by Pablo Escobar Gaviria and his henchmen to stain Colombia with blood. In 2012, the Colombian private channel Caracol Televisión premiered the series "Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord", inspired by the life of Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellín Cartel. The character of Carlos Mauro Hoyos was performed by the actor Carlos
Pablo Escobar by the Colombian government. Escobar was listed as a part of "Los Extraditables". Hostages were also taken for negotiation of their release, thus helping to prevent extradition of "Los Extraditables" to the U.S. for their crimes. During the height of its operations, the Medellín Cartel brought in more than US $70 million per day (roughly $26 billion in a year). Smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per day, worth more than half a billion dollars, into the United States, the cartel spent over US $1,000 per week purchasing rubber bands to wrap the stacks of cash, storing most of it in