PABLO ESCOBAR (6/26/14)

• Discussion Questions:

  • Was Escobar an "ambitious, P.R.-savvy entrepreneur,... headed a Medellin newspaper, became influential in politics, successfully ran for public office, built houses for the poor, soccer fields, and a zoo for the public"?  A "modern day Robin Hood?"

  • Is Escobar's history inextricably tied to the violent history of Colombia?

  • Is the killing of Escobar a lesson for fighting drug trafficking today?

• Colombia Outline

• The FARC and Drug Trafficking

• The Colombian Cartels

• US Dept. of Justice, National Drug Threat Assessment, 2011--Might look at sections on Colombian Cartels and Drug Smuggling into the US (Overview).

• Drugs And Violence In Colombia, Holmes, et.al., 2006

• Pablo Escobar Tours

• Pablo Escobar:  A Forbes Billionaire

• Biography (Crime and Investigation Network)

• Sins of My Father

• Hunting Pablo Escobar

• The Two Escobars
  • ESPN Documentary
  • Own goal by Andres Escobar, 1994 World Cup