Andrés Escobar Escobar. Escobar's funeral was attended by more than 120,000 people. Every year people honour Escobar by bringing photographs of him to matches. In July 2002, the city of Medellín unveiled a statue in honour of his memory. Humberto Castro Muñoz, a bodyguard for members of a powerful Colombian drug cartel, was arrested on the night of 2 July 1994, confessing the next day to the killing of Escobar. Muñoz also worked as a driver for Santiago Gallón, who had allegedly lost heavily betting on the outcome of the game. He was found guilty of Escobar's murder in June 1995. He
Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord 10pm/9c, replacing "Decisiones Extremas". From July 30, 2012 to January 24, 2013, Telemundo aired half-hour episodes of "Pablo Escobar" and "El Rostro de la Venganza" weeknights, both sharing the 10pm time slot. From January 25 onwards, one-hour episodes of "El Rostro de la Venganza" were broadcast. The series begins and ends with his dramatic last moments before being shot to death by agents of the Colombian National Police, while escaping from a relative's home, and later flashing back to his chilhood in Valle de Aburra, Colombia, where Pablo is teased by his cousin, Gonzalo, and older brother, Peluche, on a