Retired DEA Agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña on Pablo Escobar | Forum Club
Imagine living in a foreign country where you are advising and coordinating 600 law enforcement and military personnel from various organizations, all of whom are responsible for pursuing the world’s wealthiest and most violent criminal and his organization. Now, imagine performing those duties with a $300,000 bounty on your head. That was the life lived by Steve Murphy and Javier Peña, the two now-retired DEA Special Agents responsible for the downfall and capture of the infamous drug cartel leader, Pablo Escobar.
On Friday, November 22nd, Murphy and Peña join the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches for a noon event at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, where they provide a behind-the-scenes look at how they brought down Escobar in the largest, most complex, multi-national, and high profile investigation of the time. They discuss the life-threatening challenges they faced and the innovative strategies they employed to successfully end Escobar’s reign of terror. In addition, they discuss today’s opioid crisis, bringing their invaluable experience on the front lines of the war on drugs over the last 30 years.
Murphy and Peña consult on Netflix’s Narcos and Drug Lords, National Geographic’s Facing Escobar, and the History Channel’s Kingpins, all of which were inspired by their story and on which they served as subject matter experts. They have also authored the book, MANHUNTERS - based on their firsthand experiences and the DEA’s recently de-classified files on the search for Escobar. Copies of their book was available for pre-order on the Forum Club’s website and was available for purchase at the event thanks to a partnership with the Palm Beach Bookstore.
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It’s so heart warming to see heroes finally tell their stories. Not only they lived it, they literally saved a whole country along with their team. Both Colombians and Americans. Thank you so much for your sacrifice and setting up an unlimited example!
@rodriguezgacha4943
Жыл бұрын
Heroes??? Don’t make me laugh!
@truthbetold3519
Жыл бұрын
@@rodriguezgacha4943 please enlighten me!
@rodriguezgacha4943
Жыл бұрын
@@truthbetold3519 the real heroes where gacha escobar and the ochoa’s
@truthbetold3519
Жыл бұрын
@@rodriguezgacha4943 so criminals who murder innocent people and smuggle drugs are heroes?
@thedoomwader
Жыл бұрын
@@rodriguezgacha4943 yes, they are the real hero for killing about thousand of people?
Amazing how they managed to keep the mustache style over the years.
It's so cute how they have the same outfit, same mustage, same glasses 😎 High energy dynamic ...they are very good friends. It is good to see the good guys win sometimes 😊👏
Thank you for uploading this video
Humans love their stimulants. Red Bull, coffee, 12 hour energy, meth, coke. They will never give it up.
@shedmanx3640
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly that is very true. 😢
@PaigeLovelace
Жыл бұрын
But my coffee won't kill me
The reason why Pablo was so like able in the show at that times was because of the actor Wagner Moura. If you see his interviewers the dude has charisma.
@EightOEight808
5 ай бұрын
Facts!!
these guys were fucking heroes and no bs they legit fought the system and played it so god damn fucking well
@Axel-gu3mu
3 жыл бұрын
they were FUCKING heroes, man FUCKING HEROES!
Steve and javier have been very candid in their speeches, it is commendable, however i would have liked to ask them about the conflicts between americas own internal agencies (CIA and DEA) as depicted in the series, it appears to be fictionalized but if there was a CIA Bill shipping arms to paramilitary forces they were not really contributing to their efforts of a lasting peace in Colombia, i loved Juan Pablo Angel as a footballer growing up, and the documentaries on Colombia show its a beautiful country, almost feels like it is crafted by god...i love the country and i hope to visit it one day when all the turmoil is over.
I feel like Narcos still glamorized Pablo. The show didn't fully show what a monster he actually was.
@radioarjo8612
2 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Running-withscissors
2 жыл бұрын
Pablo is clearly a bad guy in the series, but as Narcos went on, the Cali cartel was softened even more and by the end of Narcos Mexico they were all but glorifying the bosses , which I found really annoying.
@PaigeLovelace
11 ай бұрын
Steve and javier Will never glorify Pablo Escobar if you hear them speak more than once you know they won’t do that and I’ve heard them speak on KZread and around places in on their podcast they have never once glorified Pablo Escobar not once
Two true amazing hero’s.xx
Great men! God bless them and their families!
Two interesting lives.
I love how the description says "the capture of Pablo Escobar"
I could hear/watch these guys speak all day. Fascinating stuff and amazing lives they have lived. I thought Narcos cast the perfect actors
These guys are true heroes and they will deny it. But they give the right people the credit and tell the truth about who actually took Pablo. They could easily take credit for it all but they use their platform to tell the truth.
can we find this book in French ?
The question is - does Steve Murphy now speak Spanish?
@Pablo-sr2zx
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@demonpunisher9337
2 жыл бұрын
@@Pablo-sr2zx I can get him, will I still get my 300k??????
Can anyone help me out here when Javier said Popeye said Pablo was responsible for the death of so many people what did he say 15,000 or 50,000 as I can't understand what he said. Anyone please
@someguy-bv3il
2 жыл бұрын
He said it was 10,000_15,000 then said that pablo's hitman popeye claimed it was 50,000
24:20 *Como esta, y'all*
These men are really brave and smart, but real heroes were also the Colombian police, president and all those brave people that didn't have USA support and immunity that these guys had and still going after the most brutal narco man in the world. I wish there was a chance to hear their story too like these 2 dudes cuz it seems its just them who really got it to themselves to make fame and money out of it.
Damn
They didn't kill Pablo, right?
@hoodiiwz1172
3 жыл бұрын
@@mazzbfd Trujillo wasn't real
@armir7299
2 жыл бұрын
@@mazzbfd he wasnt there , he came after and took the photos.
@WoodyVuko
2 жыл бұрын
Mažž why don’t you watch the Video? He clearly said that he was at the base with the specops
"We're open to ideas" except the only one that will work LOL
These Guys Became Heroes Becoz of Pablo Escobar
@aayushhh95
3 ай бұрын
Another Pablo Escobar apologist in the comments. Surprise Surprise 🤡
Starsky and Hutch living on Blood money 😎
Its funny that they are glorifying pablo making money of his name