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{{Short description|Book by Mark Bowden}}
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'''''Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw''''' (2001) is a book by [[Mark Bowden]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/dec/25/celebrity-gossip/ |title=What is actor Christian Bale doing next?|work=Journal Now|date=December 25, 2008|accessdate= January 17, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=McNary, Dave |date=October 1, 2007|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973147.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=Killing+Pablo |title=Yari fast-tracking Escobar biopic|work=Variety|accessdate= November 29, 2007}}</ref> that details the efforts by the governments of [[government of the United States|the United States]] and [[government of Colombia|Colombia]], their respective military and intelligence forces, and [[Los Pepes]] to stop illegal activities committed by [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] [[Pablo Escobar]] and his subordinates. It relates how [[Death of Pablo Escobar|Escobar was killed]] and his cartel dismantled. Bowden originally reported this story in a 31-part series published in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw|author=Bowden, Mark|url=https://archive.org/details/killingpablohunt00bowd|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press|date=2001|isbn=978-0871137838|url-access=registration}}</ref> and in a companion documentary of the same title.

==Documentary==
''The True Story of Killing Pablo'' (2002) is a companion documentary film to Bowden's 2001 book. It was produced by Wild Eyes Productions for [[History (U.S. TV channel)|The History Channel]].<ref>{{cite book|via=Amazon.com|title=The True Story of Killing Pablo|url=https://www.amazon.com/True-Story-Killing-Pablo/dp/B0021SGOAO|date=2002|publisher=A&E Home Video}}</ref>

== Film ==
A feature film adaptation was being developed by producers [[Bob Yari]] and [[Mark Gordon (film)|Mark Gordon]], to be directed and written by [[Joe Carnahan]], but the film's producer, Yari, filed for bankruptcy in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood |first=Adam  |url=https://collider.com/joe-carnahan-nemesis-liam-neeson-killing-pablo-interview/ |title=Director Joe Carnahan Talks Mark Millar's NEMESIS O |publisher=Collider |date=April 11, 2012 |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> As of 2019, a film has yet to be produced.

== Appearances in pop culture ==
The book is featured in the [[I See You (Breaking Bad)|eighth episode of the third season]] of ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', when Walt Jr. shows it to his father{{snd}}the camera zooms in on the book's cover{{snd}}and describes it as an account of how Pablo Escobar was tracked down and killed by DEA agents like his Uncle Hank. In addition to Escobar, the series features the two DEA agents, [[Stephen_Murphy_(civil_servant)|Steve Murphy]] and [[Javier Peña]], whom Bowden revealed to have been at the center of the hunt. It indirectly surfaces in the HBO series ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', when the actor at the center of that show, Vincent Chase, agrees to play Escobar in a film called ''Medellin'' despite being utterly unsuited to the role.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

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