Scenes of Colombian president Cesar Gaviria and narcoterrorist and Medellin Cartel head Pablo Escobar, followed by scenes of a cocoa plantation and detention facilities accompany a report about his administration attempting to control drug trafficking by using plea bargaining without extradition to the U.S., a tactic that was successful at ending the Medellin Cartel. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

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Escobar cohorts off plane, perp walks, people cover ;faces as they are escorted off plane by police.;Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar speaking (MOS).;Helicopter flies overhead, caravan of vehicles.;Escobar killed in shoot-out w/Colombian army;(no actual footage of shootout, just aftermath);Escobar seen from distance on stretcher, carried off.;Colombian army in streets, soldier covers camera.

COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT PRESS CONFERENCE

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US DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENTS SAY THEY WON'T BE SHEDDING ANY TEARS OVER THE NEWS THAT COLOMBIAN DRUG PABLO ESCOBAR IS DEAD. THE HEAD OF THE MIAMI OFFICE OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, THOMAS CASH, SAYS ESCOBAR WAS "TO COCAINE WHAT HENRY FORD WAS TO THE AUTOMOBILE." HE ADDS THAT ESCOBAR'S DEATH REPRESENTS OF CHANGE OF POWER IN THE DRUG WORLD, FROM ESCOBAR'S MEDALLIN (meh-deh-YEEN) CARTEL TO THE CALI CARTEL.. WHICH IS NOW THE MOST POWERFUL COLOMBIAN COCAINE ORGANIZATION. ESCOBAR, THE SUBJECT OF A MASSIVE MANHUNT SINCE HE ESCAPED FROM PRISON 16 MONTHS AGO. COLOMBIAN MEDIA REPORTS ESCOBAR WAS KILLED IN A HAIL OF BULLETS BY MEMBERS OF A THREE-THOUSAND MAN POLICE AND ARMY FORCE.

Columbia - Escobar. Shot through crowd of people, can barely see, as agents carrying drug lord Pablo Escobar's dead body on a stretcher. Crowd of onlookers and media scurrying about during the aftermath of the shoot out in Medellin.

COLOMBIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS DRUG TRAFFICKER DISAPPEARED DURING A PRISON UPRISING IN BOGOTA YESTERDAY.COLOMBIAN TROOPS CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH FOR PABLO ESCOBAR TODAY...AND PRESIDENT CESAR GAVIRIA IS POSTPONING A TRIP TO SPAIN FOR A LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT UNTIL THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL.ESCOBAR HAD BEEN HELD AT THE ENVIGADO PRISON SINCE 1991 .. WHEN HE SURRENDERED IN EXCHANGE FOR A GOVERNMENT OFFICER OF LENIENCY AND IMMUNITY FROM EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES.GETTING REACTION FROM FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR BOB MARTINEZ .. WHO NOW LEADS THE U-S WAR ON DRUGS AS THE NATION'S "DRUG CZAR."

COLUMBIAN EMBASSY NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE DEATH OF COLUMBIAN DRUG CARTEL LEADER PABLO ESCOBAR. AMBASSADOR GABRIEL SILVA AND COLUMBIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL CARLOS GUSTAVO ARRIETA PARTICIPATE.

STILLS: JORGE OCHOA , PABLO ESCOBAR , RAFAEL SANTOS , RODRIGUEZ GACHA , GACHA'S SUMMER HOME.

José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, also known by the nickname El Mexicano, was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the notorious Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa Brothers and Pablo Escobar.

00:00:00:00 [Drug King Pablo Escobar sends letter to LaPrensa request negotiation w govt]---VS letter/ signed w name & thumbprint. (0:00)/

AN APPARENT ATTEMPT ON COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT, VIRGILIO BARCO’S, LIFE HAS BEEN THWARTED BY THE FBI. AGENTS IN MIAMI HAVE MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS IN A PLOT BY THE MEDELLIN DRUG CARTEL, MASTERMINDED BY PABLO ESCOBAR, TO PURCHASE AND TRANSPORT STINGER MISSILES. THE ARRESTS WERE MADE BEFORE ANY STINGERS CHANGED HANDS. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT THE EXACT NUMBER OF MISSILES INVOLVED WAS APPROXIMATELY 24. UNIDENTIFIED SOURCES CLAIM THAT THE MISSILES WERE TO BE USED TO SHOOT DOWN THE PLANES AND HELICOPTERS OF PRESIDENT BARCO AND HIS CABINET. THREE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THAT COUNTRY HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE PAST YEAR.

COVER FTG OF PABLO ESCOBAR ARREST'S REACTIONS. INTV W/ DAN FORMAN.