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 on the second season.
"Escobar had a photographer who was with him and there are incredible photos taken by DEA agent Steve Murphy at the time of his death," executive producer Eric Newman told AFP ahead of a discussion panel in Hollywood.
"We've recreated the actual death scenario based on those pictures so it's as close as we can be."
The Colombian farmer's son who became the world's seventh-richest man with his ruthless dominance of the global cocaine trade was hunted for years before police killed him in his hometown of Medellin in 1993.
During the height of its operations, the Medellin Cartel brought in more than $60 million a day, providing 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
The Colombian police hunted the so-called King of Cocaine as he attempted to evade capture for 18 months after breaking out of prison.
He and his bodyguard exchanged heavy gunfire with officers trained by US special forces until he fell on the terracotta tiles, bleeding from hits to the leg and torso.
"Escobar had a photographer who was with him and there are incredible photos taken by DEA agent Steve Murphy at the time of his death," executive producer Eric Newman told AFP ahead of a discussion panel in Hollywood.
"We've recreated the actual death scenario based on those pictures so it's as close as we can be."
The Colombian farmer's son who became the world's seventh-richest man with his ruthless dominance of the global cocaine trade was hunted for years before police killed him in his hometown of Medellin in 1993.
During the height of its operations, the Medellin Cartel brought in more than $60 million a day, providing 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States.
The Colombian police hunted the so-called King of Cocaine as he attempted to evade capture for 18 months after breaking out of prison.
He and his bodyguard exchanged heavy gunfire with officers trained by US special forces until he fell on the terracotta tiles, bleeding from hits to the leg and torso.
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