This text charts the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the richest and most violent criminal in history It exposes for the first time the massive covert operation by US Special Forces to hunt down and assassinate the man described as the billionaire godfather of international drug trafficking This book also tells the story of the men of the special forces who ultimately destroyed Pablo Escobar The author has had exclusive access to highly classified intelligence documents, secret surveillance footage and Escobar's wiretap transcripts, and has interviewed the major players in the manhunt