![]() They claim no special credit, with Murphy even apologizing for the death picture he was in that went around the world that gave the wrong impression of what went down. They tell their stories of sharing the same hardships the Colombian National Police (CNP) and military were undergoing. I am very impressed about Javier and Steve being so gracious in Manhunters. I could no longer tell from the writer, it had melded and smoothed out, less distracting. Not too far into the book, I wasn’t always sure just whose chapter I was reading until I read more from the content. It was only with the help of DEA and extremely brave Colombian politicians, military and law enforcement that he was defeated. ![]() ![]() Escobar almost single handle turned Colombia into a narco-terrorism state. Peña and Murphy continued their separate stories on how both ended up in Colombia chasing after Pablo Escobar, one of the most vicious cartel leaders in the world during the 1980’s. I also patted myself on the back when Javier talked about the role players at FLETC as that is my current job, but at Quantico where the FBI/DEA academies are now located. That’s how I met my husband I needed a scrawny, newly minted DEA agent for a UC visit to a weight doctor. I snickered when both authors mentioned losing weight in the academy. They also detailed their beginnings with DEA including their time in the academy. Manhunters begins with Steve and Javier writing their alternative chapters of their early lives and then their beginnings in law enforcement. It’s such an amazing story the Netflix writers didn’t really need to do much enhancement. Although from what Murphy has said, as advisers they were able to keep the Narcos on the rails of accuracy. Peña's own version of their hunt for Pablo Escobar begged to be written after Netflix aired the hit series Narcos, their story of the hunt for Pablo Escobar. ‘A compelling read about the adventures of two true American law enforcement heroes who ultimately took on the world’s first narco-terrorist, the world’s most wanted criminal, the world’s largest cocaine baron, Pablo Escobar, and won!’ Barbara Comstock, former congresswoman Two unlikely heroes recount their stories in a way that is both compelling and captivating.’ Congresswoman Mary Bono ‘ Manhunters grabs you from the first page and gives you a front-row seat into the harrowing hunt for the brutal narco trafficker Pablo Escobar. ‘Steve and Javier's experience on the front lines of the war on drugs over the last thirty years made them an invaluable source of information for a narrative of one of the most complex, poorly reported, and misunderstood chapters in our recent past.’ Eric Newman, Executive Producer, ‘Narcos’ ‘A fast-paced tale by two agents who had the inside track on bringing down the most wanted man in recent US history.’ Bruce Porter, New York Times bestselling author of Blow A must read on the take down of Pablo Escobar.’ Joe Pistone, a.k.a. ‘A riveting account of two brave DEA Agents who put their lives, along with their families’ lives, on the line to fight the war on drugs. Their terrifying first-hand experience coupled with stories from the DEA’s de-classified files on the search for Escobar forms the beating heart of Manhunters, a gripping account of how two determined and courageous agents risked everything to capture the world's most wanted man. There, they lived and worked with the Colombian authorities, hunting down a man thought to be untouchable. Between July 1992 and December 1993, Peña and Murphy lived on the edge, setting up camp in Medellin at the Carlos Holguin Military Academy. Manhunters takes you deep inside the inner workings of the Search Bloc, the joint Colombian-US task force that resulted in an intensive 18-month operation that tracked Escobar. Now, for the first time, they tell the real story of how they brought down the world’s first narco-terrorist and ended the reign of terror of the world’s most wanted criminal. The partners, who began their careers as small-town cops, have been immortalised in Netflix’s ‘Narcos’, a fictionalised account of their hunt for Escobar. But their biggest challenge was the hunt for Pablo Escobar in Colombia. Javier Peña and Steve Murphy risked their lives hunting large and small drug traffickers in the decades they spent working for the US Drug Enforcement Administration. The explosive memoir of the two legendary drug enforcement agents responsible for taking down Pablo Escobar and the subject of the hit Netflix series ‘Narcos’.
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