By October 1989 , public support for the crackdown was beginning to wane and the government decided to focus its attention on capturing either Pablo Escobar or Rodríguez . However , both men managed to stay one step ahead of law enforcement and continued to finance a campaign of retaliatory terrorism which claimed the lives of hundreds of politicians , judges and civilians . Colombian authorities said that Rodriguez Gacha and Pablo Escobar planned the December 8 , 1989 bombing of the federal investigative police headquarters in Bogotá which killed 63 people and injured an estimated 1,000 . The two men were also accused of involvement in the November 27 , 1989 bombing of Avianca Flight 203 outside Bogotá that killed all 107 people aboard
Avianca Flight 203
Avianca Flight 203
José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha