Like a snowball , Vallejo describes the birth and boom of the cocaine industry that turned her lover into a billionaire , thanks to the cooperation of leading politicians ; the origins of the Colombian rebel organizations , and the paramilitary squads founded by Escobar and his partners ; the assassinations of the justice minister Rodrigo Lara in 1984 , and the siege of the Palace of Justice in 1985 ; the suffering of the journalist after she had ended her relationship with the drug kingpin in 1987 , and her cooperation with the anti drug German agency BKA in 1988 ; the Cuban connection , and the bombing of an airplane with 110 people on board in 1989 ( Avianca Flight 203 ) ; the assassination of Luis Carlos Galán , and three more presidential candidates ; the origins of Escobar 's war against the Cali cartel and the Colombian state , followed by the era of narcoterrorism from 1988 to 1993 ; the coalition of enforcement agencies and Escobar 's enemies involved in his hunt ; and , finally , the worldwide reaction to the death of the Number One Enemy of the United States on 2 December 1993
Avianca Flight 203
Avianca Flight 203
Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar