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Witness History: The killing of Pablo Escobar

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The killing of Pablo Escobar

02/12/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The killing of Pablo Escobar

The Colombian drug trafficker was shot dead by police on December 2nd 1993

The Colombian drug lord was shot dead by police on December 2nd 1993. He had been on the run from the authorities for over a year.

The Colombian drug trafficker, once one of the richest men in the world, was shot dead by police on 2nd December 1993. He had been on the run from the authorities for over a year. Jordan Dunbar has been speaking to Elizabeth Zilli who worked for the US Drug Enforcement Agency in Colombia and who helped track down Pablo Escobar.

Photo: Colombian police and military forces storm the rooftop where drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead just moments earlier during an exchange of gunfire between security forces and Escobar and his bodyguard on 2nd December 1993. (Credit:Jesus Abad-el Colombiano/AFP/Getty Images)

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