), The information in that document is also corroborated by a number of other sources that spoke directly to Narco News, including former government officials who are familiar with the DEAs Bogot operations. The accurate depiction of the capturing of the Rodriguez brothers Gilberto (Damian Alcazar) and Miguel (Francisco Denis), who are currently serving life prison sentences after being extradited to the United States was also something Feistlrecounted in specific detail for the Narcos team. With the walls closing in and only his driver, Limon (Leynar Gomez), left alive, he knocks on the elder Escobar's door and enjoys an extended stay with his estranged parent. The problem is the wall was so thick that we broke two or three drill bits and we ran out of drill bits. It was just revenge because of all the cops he had killed, along with all those innocent people. "She was benefiting from all the illegal things her husband was doing," he says about Tata, who was 15 when she married 24-year-old Pablo. There were no stipulations that he had to turn over any of his assets: He could have walked away a free man and never have had to work again. "The Colombian national police told us that Cali told Juan Pablo: 'You guys got 24 hours and then youre a target. The writers just really astound me. "The MedellinCartel was the Wild Wild West and Cali was businesslike," explains Pena. The traffickers eventually gave the Florida agents copies of confidential DEA reports, which the Bogot agents allegedly had handed over to the traffickers. Since that day, theories have proliferated as to who fired the fatal shot; Newman has shot down every single one, including Juan Pablo's claim that his father turned his gun on himself. Javier Pea wasnt going to take the silver. The informants were imprisoned for nine months while the accusations flew back and forth. And what of the mainstream-media guardians of our liberty? Though some mystery remains around the deaths of the latter two (Chepe was believed to have been killed in a police shootout until a memoir detailed otherwise) the show shared its interpretations of the truth in its depictions. The raiding party that hit Miguels door the next morning included two DEA agents and a search team under Gen. Jose Serrano, chief of the Colombian national police. Over the next few years, Pea and the Colombian police played a cat-and-mouse game with Escobar, tapping his phones and trying to turn his criminal associates against him. It is the series premiere. The DEA agents in Florida looked further into the source of that information and followed the trail to several other DEA informants. But Escobar found his true calling in contraband. Though Murphy says he has no respect for Juan Pablo ("Hes trying to save face for his family and create a better legacy than his father left behind"), he admits that his side of what the family had faced after Pablo's death was interesting. And so for me, its still a little bit about the legacy of duty. And why, as Kent contends, is it all being covered up? Javier Pea: The DEA Agent Who Hunted Down Pablo Escobar. "When Escobar surrendered, many of the original Search Bloc guys got foreign assignments, which is what everybody aspires to, as a reward. If they are true, there will be no brushing them aside at pre-scripted press conferences; everyone who becomes aware of these allegations will be forced to consider where we go from here in that so-called war. The narco-traffickers, crooked cops, and thieving politicians in the drug war are always over there, in Latin America, and elsewhere, and U.S. law enforcers and government officials are always the good guys battling these forces of evil. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper, after his death, she formed the Enrique S. Camarena Foundation in 2004 with the help of retired DEA agents and her oldest son, Enrique, a deputy district attorney working in the South Bay. "He wanted to ensure he could do the best job possible based on the information that he had," says the agent about the inquisitive actor, who got a crash-course from Feistl during the home visit before shooting. In the show, Pea is also involved in several extra-judicial killings and other breaches of professional ethics, which is pure drama for the show. The previous seasons focused on the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar and the Cali Cartel. Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter. Each year we issue six scholarships to high school seniors throughout the nation. Alyssa Diaz and Mika Camarena attend the Netflix Original Series Narcos: Mexico, special screening at LA Live in Los Angeles, CA on November 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Bienvenidos en Espaol! He soon couldnt understand why everyone seemed disappointed by Escobars surrender until he discovered the type of prison that Escobar had in mind for himself. Narcos previously had the real Javier Pena and partner Steve Muprhy (portrayed by Boyd Holbook) consulting on the two-season story of Pablo Escobar and when the show shifted its focus to Cali, Pena and Murphy recommended the showrunners reach out to Feistl. He has been transferred to Nashville, according to sources familiar with the memorandum. During his final tour from 2004 to 2010, he worked on finalizing the dismantling of North Valley, as well as the a right-wing paramilitary group. Special Agent James Terry Watson, I still have a job to do.'" Theyre well-versed, it was pretty neat working with them.". Kiki is also shown confronting Felix in the streets for no good reason. Thats where his stronghold was and given his situation, I cant imagine he would leave that area. Wyatt Redd is a freelance writer from Nashville, Tennessee. WebOne mystery that still remains is the murder of the sicario Navegante (Juan Sebastian Calero) on Narcos. Carrillo's death, in episode four, is my favorite, I hope it really surprised people. Part of the reason it was so hard to catch Escobar was that he was willing to kill anyone who came after him. He spent four years in Mexico tracking the countrys drug dealers (the drugs of choice were marijuana and cocaine back then.). All Rights Reserved. (Remember that all of these allegations come strictly from the Kent memo, though law enforcement sources have corroborated much of this information on condition of anonymity.). In Narcos, he was involved in the DEA's taking down the Cali cartel, which is contrary to what actually happened in real life. Ambassador Michael During the 1980s, Pena and Murphy were sent to collaborate with the Colombian Search Bloc in its war against drug traffickers such as Pablo Escobar, often contacting the CIA and Colombian police to help in their operations. A high school friend and congressman in California created what were called Camarena Clubs, and people across the country wore red ribbons to indicate they were rejecting drugs, an effort that drew the support of First Lady Nancy Reagan. 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"A lot of people didnt know about the Cali cartel. "In real life, David was well-educated and smart, but he was put in a tough position and he tried to takeover and run as best he could," he says. Steve Murphy/Texas MonthlyJavier Pea stands near a Colombian National Police helicopter. When the informant approached the DEA once again with information, writes Kent, the Bogot agent that traveled to Washington, D.C., now claimed that the informant was a pedophile. I think he felt that he was involved in something and was a part of and belonged to something.". You have to understand, the search for Escobar was purely revenge. WebIn March 1985, the DEA recovered the body of Kiki Camarena, 37, who left behind Mika and three children named Enrique, Daniel, and Erik. The real Steve Murphy and Javier Pena discuss what is true and what is fiction, and shed insight on Season 3. 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Kents memorandum contains some of the most serious allegations ever raised against U.S. antinarcotics officers: that DEA agents on the front lines of the drug war in Colombia are on drug traffickers payrolls, complicit in the murders of informants who knew too much, and, most startlingly, directly involved in helping Colombias infamous rightwing paramilitary death squads to launder drug money. JESUS ABAD-EL COLOMBIANO/AFP/Getty Images. Something Feistl helped them with were the small details, such as the mannerisms and personalities of each. I explained that anything with addresses, phone numbers, bank accounts, any links to different countries or in the United States were all useful.". But that was probably the most interesting thing of that book. Newman said he did not contact the brothers about the show. The memo further claims that, rather than being simply a few bad apples who need to be reported to their superiors, these allegedly dirty agents are being protected by an ongoing cover-up orchestrated by watchdog agencies within the Justice Department. More From Oprah Daily The next installment of Narcos: Mexico picks up in 1985, after Camarena's death has changed everything for the DEA agents in Mexico, for the Guadalajara Cartel, and for the show itself. We worked primarily with the police, and they were the guys that we trusted with our lives. According to El Pais, Camarenas skull, jaw, nose and cheekbones were crushed with a tire iron. Specifically, the narcotics traffickers in Colombia were infusing acrylic with cocaine and shaping it into any number of commercial goods, Kent states. This guy got the deal of a lifetime from the government of Colombia. NARCOS: MEXICO Official Trailer "Agent Kiki Camarena" (HD) Michael Pena Series, SUBSCRIBE for more TV Trailers HERE: goo.gl/TL21HZ He gave his life for his work. Specifically, they alleged that the agents provided them with information on investigations and other law enforcement activities in Colombia.. On the show, the character is The Bogot agents seemed obsessed with stopping the informant from working with the Florida agents, and began doing everything in their power to prevent the investigation from moving forward. "Ive heard Jorges version of what he believes happened. He was shot six or eight times, I believe.". WebFormer DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peas are appearing in Capturing Pablo: Conversation on Narcos at 8 p.m. Friday at City Winery in the West Loop. "We never signed him up as a DEA informant, but he was at the base and I could always tell there was something weird," he says, adding that after Escobar's death, Don Berna went on to become a trafficker and is now in prison in the United States. "Javier and I were manning the 1-800 number but people would call in with all kinds of tips because there was a $500 reward on the table," he says. Thats one of the messages he tries to portray.". Working with the Colombian national police and navy forces, Feistl and the DEA stormed the 10th floor of Miguel's apartment hideout and arrested him just as he was getting into a celeta to hide. WebA location manager was shot and killed when scouting locations in the north of Mexico city for this last season 4. "Both those guys said I would be a good resource to speak to, and also because of William Rempels book At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down Cali." Pea began working for the DEA in 1984 and started working in Bogota, Their hunt for the notoriousMedellinCartel leader was told on the first two seasons of Narcos, where both agents serve as series consultants. Who was the real Kiki Camarena? One week after submitting the (information) to OPR, the money laundering investigation was shut down.. But Newman has not confirmed if he's ready to head straight there just yet. ", The real leader of the Search Bloc, Hugo Martinez, is still alive today. The streamer has yet to comment on the status of Holbrook's Murphy, however, and both Murphy and Pena couldn't comment on their future involvement with the series when speaking to THR. We had to focus on trying to locate and approach Giullermo Pallomari, because we needed him as a witness. The Reagan Administration predictably freaked out and exercised its power. WebThats especially true when he and his partner go to take down Cockroach, only to have one of Escobars hitmen take him out first, killing another DEA agent in the process. He deserves a lot of credit for that. His full name was Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, and, in real life, he was a brutal and clever man called El Padrino AKA The Godfather. The cracks in the lid DEA and OPR has attempted to place on this problem are getting bigger. During Gilberto's capture, the godfather was actually hiding in a caleta in a bookcase in the wall, not under the bathtub as shown in Narcos. Pena had a long Once the targets were identified as being part of the drug ring, they began to cooperate with the Florida-based agents. Oftentimes, the people Pea worked with funneled information directly to Escobar. By shortening the timeline, Newman was able to focus more on the characters, including his villain. In addition to phone calls, where he says he mainly fielded questions to help solidify the timeline and accuracy of events,Stahl-David visited him at his home for several days. JESUS ABAD-EL COLOMBIANO/AFP/Getty ImagesColombian 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. Javier Pea at the Colombian National Police Headquarters following a seizure of some of Pablo Escobars money, gold, and a .45 caliber gold-plated pistol. Bem Vindos em Portugus! "Thats how much we enjoyed it. Murphy (played by Boyd Holbrook) and Pena (played by Pedro Pascal) are the two agents responsible for taking down Pablo Escobar. The ending is a sad one, and what happened to Kiki Camarena would change the face of Mexican drug cartels forever and lead to the emergence of El Chapo. '", He continues, "In his book, he says they were trying to negotiate with the Rodriguezbrothers, who were very upset by the war, and what they wanted was his assets. Whats more, the police werent allowed anywhere near the prison. In March 1985, the DEA recovered the body of Kiki Camarena, 37, who left behind Mika and three children named Enrique, Daniel, and Erik. He did so by making a videotape of a conversation he then had with a member of the FARC in jail in which they discussed their desire for him to provide them with communications equipment. Moreover, cops like Pea felt unsatisfied by the fact that Escobar was now in prison after having surrendered on his own terms. Narcos: Mexico shows the growth of the Guadalajara Cartel, pieced together by Felix Gallardo out of warring factions. Kuykendall is quoted in the book Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press by Alexander Cockburn. "Basically, our work here was done and it was time to go.". Those American tourists in the restaurant that we see get killed in the show were assumed to be DEA agents by Rafa. Kiki received two Sustained Superior Performance Awards, a Special Achievement Award and, posthumously, the Administrators Award of Honor, the highest award granted by DEA, the DEA says. But what happens when evidence surfaces that turns that script on its ear? It was his end, and his new cartels end, and it was El Chapos beginning (the eventual drug lord is first seen in the beginning of Narcos: Mexico in all his humble beginnings as a driver for a Sinaloan drug lord). When confronted with the actual tape that confirmed the informants story, the agents in Bogot complained that what the informant and DEA group from Florida had done was illegal and they would be unable to obtain the informants release (from prison).. WebA Drug Enforcement Administration agent was killed in an apparent robbery attempt in Colombia, the agency announced Friday. "When I went to Colombia, it was great to interact with Michael and Matt [Whelan] in Cali," he says. How Feistl and his partner (whose name was changed for the show since he is still an active DEA agent) met up withSalcedo on the show was accurate. Thats how the North Valley tried to defeat, in their minds, extradition. Kent says his claims are supported by a number of DEA agents in Florida who the agency muzzled and retaliated against after they tried to expose the corruption. WebJavier Pena (1958-) was an American Drug Enforcement Agency agent and the partner of Steve Murphy. "It had a big impact and resonated," he says. He is too obsessed with taking down Felix. Now retired, he ended his career in Phoenix working on cases impacting Mexico, Arizona and the southwest border that were aligned or affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel. Industries Crime and Terrorism During that 18 month period, there were 143 Colombian National Police Officers killed as a direct result of the manhunt for Escobar. And thats what Ive been doing up until yesterday. The bathroom had its own jacuzzi. And it was during the time where there was a lot of killings, the assassinations of cops, the car bombs. We need to make sure we get him out.' But the DEA had nothing to do with killing Yusti. Though Feistl says the reaction in Colombia was mixed, the exposure shifted the tides. WebA location manager for "Narcos" was found shot to death after scouting out a rural part of Mexico to film the Netflix series' next season. Amazingly, Gallardo was only recently sentenced in the death (hed been sentenced before but a retrial was ordered; he never left prison after 1989, though). Instead, as in similar past cases, they have been buried in the contorted layers of the Justice Department bureaucracy. For years in the 1980s, Escobar made untold billions off trafficking cocaine into the United States from his native Colombia. Fesitl was part of the extradition team and was present when Gilberto and Miguel were sent to the U.S. in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and that was his last interaction with the pair. As the informant left that meeting, he was murdered, Kent states. Their attempts to do so led to retaliation. Fed up with the danger, she took the pair's adopted daughter and abruptly flew back to the United States. I saw the bullet hole in the side of Pablos head, I saw no signs whatsoever of the powder burns on his face. , Click here for more from Narco News on The Bogot Connection, A document obtained recently by Narco News, narco-trafficking and arms dealing at the highest levels, Enter the NarcoSphere to comment on this article. DEA Feistl adds, "All of those things contributed to them then contacting me to give them a little bit of background on Cali.". US reexamines murder of federal agent featured in So thats how I know he didnt commit suicide. Below, Feistlanswers some of THR's most burning questions about the stranger-than-fiction, real-life events that played out on the season. Wikimedia CommonsAuthorities pose with Pablo Escobar just after this death. We never crossed that line, but thats what makes the show exciting and interesting, Pea said. ", He continues, "One of the majors that we worked with, who we literally put our lives in his hands for an extended period of time, we later found out that he was collaborating with Los Pepes. We have no reason to disbelieve them. WebAllegation Two:Bogot DEA Agents Imprison and Possibly Conspire to Murder Informants to Prevent Their Travel to U.S. A separate DEA group, also based in Florida, ran into The show, in both seasons 1 and 2, traces the growth of the drug trade, moving the series setting from Colombia to Guadalajara, Mexico. In it, Kent raised a series of corruption allegations centering on the DEAs office in Bogot. And in this case, the dam holding back the truth in the so-called war on drugs may be close to breaking. (The DEA is part of the larger Justice Department. (You can see photos of the real people behind the Narcos: Mexico characters here.) But they had gotten comfortable in that lifestyle. You can read about him here. Kiki Camerena (Michael Pena), Narcos: Mexico 's main DEA agent ends up getting killed because he is too emotional. He was shot three times: in the leg, torso and fatally in his ear. Netflixs hit series Narcos started out by following the story of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. In order to get the third season story right, Narcos enlisted the real Chris Feistlto serve as a consultant. He was allowed to plead guilty to one crime and be absolved of every other crime he committed. A separate DEA group, also based in Florida, ran into trouble with the same DEA office in Bogot while investigating another Colombian narco-trafficking operation. "One of the main things, going back to Pablo, was that a lot of that cocaine traffic was going up that Caribbean corridor into Florida," explains Feistl. Kiki was surrounded by five armed men who threw him into a car and sped away. "We dont binge-watch TV, but we binge-watched season two," Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter about blowing through the second season of the cartel drama with his wife in two days. How much of 'Narcos' Season 2 really happened? On the show, Feistl's inner torture of catching Miguel but also keeping Salcedo's"rat" identity a secret is something that is well-captured. The season two finale set up a return for Pena, even though both of the real agents indicated they weren't involved in the real hunt for Cali. In real life, his name was Cesar Yusti. The show includes a whole new cast starring Michael Pena (DEA agent Kiki Camarena) and Diego Luna (the boss Flix Gallardo).
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