Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (international title: Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord; also known as Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) is a 2012 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, based on a true story about the life of Pablo Escobar – the notorious druglord. It is available only in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles. From May 28 to November 1, 2012, Caracol TV aired "Escobar: El Patrón del Mal" weeknights at 9:30pm. From July 9 to July 27, 2012, Telemundo aired one-hour episodes of "Pablo Escobar" weeknights at
Pablo Escobar radiotelephone transmissions and found him hiding in Los Olivos, a middle-class barrio in Medellín. With authorities closing in, a firefight with Escobar and his bodyguard, Álvaro de Jesús Agudelo ("alias" "El Limón"), ensued. The two fugitives attempted to escape by running across the roofs of adjoining houses to reach a back street, but both were shot and killed by Colombian National Police. Escobar suffered gunshots to the leg and torso, and a fatal gunshot through the ear. It has never been proven who actually fired the final shot into his ear, or determined whether this shot was made during the