Colombia probably has the soil for the breeding of magical realism.
Pablo, who grew up in a slum, used the channels established through smuggling of tobacco and electrical appliances by chance to use drug trafficking. In his twenties, he accumulated a huge amount of wealth and became the world's richest man. The money was so much that he had to bury it in the ground and share it with his fathers and villagers. He was even known as Robin Hood for robbing the rich and helping the poor. He was widely loved by the people in Medellin. His dream of running for president was not even a dream, but almost became a reality. The TV series also spent pen and ink depicting the less brutal aspects of Pablo as a person, such as his relationship with his cousin, his mother and his wife and children, such as his determination and ambition. But this does not make people sympathetic. The drug cartel under his leadership has destroyed too many families.
In addition to the drug problem, what is even more shocking is the political and economic situation of South America at the time seen from the DEA perspective of the two US embassies. Colombian drug lords fought openly with government forces. In addition to the drug problem, there are also right-wing and left-wing armed organizations, which are basically in a situation of civil war. The Medellin Group arbitrarily beheaded Colombian politicians, including the attorney general's presidential judge, and the two US DEAs can come and go unscathed. For Murphy and Pena, combating drug trafficking is the number one priority, but for the CIA and Ambassador, which have the resources in the embassy, combating communist armed organizations is the number one priority. But for the U.S. government, practically everything is available. At that time, the Chilean dictator was the partner of the U.S. government. Pablo's raw materials for drugs also come precisely from Chile. For different organizations and different polities, interests are actually the first. In many cases, common interests allow them to cooperate, and differences in interests cause the community to fall apart.
In the TV series, the two DEAs standing on the side of justice, and Colonel Carrillo of Search Bloc, profiled their rules of behavior by using evil to stop evil. This point even triggered a debate between gg and me about justice and procedural justice. I won't start writing, but the only thing I like among the three characters is Pena. He is responsible for the innocent informant and can see his original intention.
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