Word: escobars
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...rely on the efforts of allied intelligence agencies closer to the action. "We don't do manhunts well," says CIA veteran Robert D. Steele, author of "On Intelligence: Spies and Secrecy in an Open World." "We had to invade Panama to get Noriega. It took us years get Pablo Escobar. And we won't get Bin Laden without help of Saudi and Pakistani intelligence...
...next best effort came in 1994, playing as the Cup hosts. Taking advantage of the automatic bid into the tournament, the USA enjoyed great luck, especially when Columbia's Andres Escobar recorded an own goal that gave the Americans the 2-1 victory over Columbia...
...young, lucky and ruthless in the '70s. With the right contacts, like Colombian drug boss Pablo Escobar, a New England hippie could make maybe $100 million importing cocaine into the U.S. and help it become the favorite cocktail of movie stars, pro athletes and investment bankers. That is George Yung's story, as told by Bruce Porter in the book Blow and now made into a sprawling rise-and-fall melodrama by director Ted Demme (The Ref, Beautiful Girls) and writers David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes...
...constant theme in the movie. Jung is arrested after Barbara’s death and thrown into jail, where he shares a cell with a Colombian, Diego Delgado (Spanish actor Jordi Molla, making his American feature film debut). Upon Jung’s release, Diego introduces him to Pablo Escobar (Cliff Curtis). It’s not the most pleasant of first meetings—Escobar shoots someone point blank in the forehead—but Escobar takes a shine to the American and makes him his chief importer of cocaine into...
...strong opponent, it’s hard to avoid the feeling of a passive voice: the movie’s focus is Jung, but all too often things seem to happen to him, rather than him directing the action. Jung gets lucky in having a cellmate who knows Escobar. Jung gets screwed over by Diego. Jung gets busted. It’s almost as though all Jung knows how to do is secure planes for importing drugs. This might be an accurate reflection of what actually happened in real life—as Jung says of himself in a voiceover...