How Pablo Escobar's Own Victims Formed a Death Squad to Hunt Him Down

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[00:00:00]Did you know Pablo Escobar was taken down [music] by his own victims using his exact same methods? In 1993, a secret army formed in Colombia. They called themselves [music] Los Pepes, people persecuted by Pablo Escobar. This wasn't your typical vigilante group, former allies who Escobar [music] had betrayed, rival cartel bosses, families whose loved ones he'd murdered. They all united with one goal, hunt down everyone connected [music] to Pablo Escobar. But here's the twist, they used Escobar's own playbook against him. Car bombs, assassinations, [music] kidnappings, terror tactics. In just 18 months, Los Pepes eliminated over 300 of Escobar's associates, his lawyers, his accountants, his family members. The Colombian police couldn't officially [music] support this, but secretly, they shared intelligence, provided locations, looked the other way. Escobar, the [music] man who once controlled 80% of the world's cocaine trade, was suddenly powerless. His network was gone. His protection [music] eliminated, his empire crumbling. Los Pepes had done what law enforcement couldn't. They'd beaten the king of cocaine [music] at his own game. By the time police found Escobar on that Medellin rooftop, Los Pepes had already won. Subscribe for [music] more untold criminal stories.