Nearly 1.3 million worshippers flocked to a mass by Pope Francis on Saturday in the Colombian city known as the stronghold of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar.
On the third stop in a four-city Colombian tour, Francis held an open-air mass in Medellin, home of the cocaine cartel depicted in the hit Netflix series "Narcos."
The Argentine pope, 80,Read more
Colombian tour guide Nicole rolls her eyes when the King of Cocaine comes up in conversation as she leads journalists along the cobblestones of Bogota's Old Town under slate-gray skies.
It's not that she doesn't understand the interest in one of history's most infamous underworld figures, the 25-year-old explains carefully, it's just that Colombians are so over Pablo Escobar.
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Notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar may be no more but hit Netflix crime drama "Narcos" is alive and well, as season three shifts the focus to the notorious Cali Cartel.
The most successful crime syndicate in history at its peak, the multi-billion dollar organization stepped into the void left after the charismatic Medellin Cartel boss was shot dead by ColombianRead more
The son of infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar slammed depictions of his father's life like those in the hit Netflix series "Narcos", saying they "glorify" criminals, in an interview published Sunday.
"I am not against telling stories, but I am against glorifying criminals and showing drug trafficking as glamorous. This confuses youths," Sebastian Marroquin, who changed his name fromRead more
Brazil's gigantic corruption scandal will move from news TV to movie theaters and Netflix next year, when rival directors turn the real-life thriller into entertainment.
For two years, Brazilians have watched in fascination and horror as prosecutors unleashed a probe codenamed Operation Car Wash, targeting everyone from an ex-president to super-rich executives with allegations of mass embezzlement at state oilRead more
Oscar-winning Spanish actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will begin shooting a movie about Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar next month, the married couple's first film together since 2008.
"Escobar", a Spanish-Bulgarian joint project to be filmed in Colombia, will go into production on October 24 with Bardem playing Escobar and Cruz playing his lover, journalist Virginia Vallejo, producers saidRead more
The brother of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has asked Netflix to review the second season of the hit series "Narcos" before its release.
Roberto Escobar said in a statement released on Tuesday by Escobar Inc. that he had sent Netflix a "friendly request" to review the material "solely on an informational basis."
"It is depicting me, myRead more
Slumped on a terracotta rooftop, Pablo Escobar succumbs to multiple bullet wounds, blood leaching from his chest, signaling the end of the drug lord's reign of terror in Colombia.
The death of the feared Medellin Cartel's "Don Pablo" has been recreated in painstaking detail by the cast and crew of Netflix hit "Narcos," its showrunner revealed after filming wrapped onRead more