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Colombia's Narco-Soccer: Pablo Escobar, Los Pepes, and the Murder of The Gentleman

Colombia's Narco-Soccer: Pablo Escobar, Los Pepes, and the Murder of The Gentleman

FromThe Underworld Podcast


Colombia's Narco-Soccer: Pablo Escobar, Los Pepes, and the Murder of The Gentleman

FromThe Underworld Podcast

ratings:
Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the early Nineties Colombia had one of the world’s best soccer teams. Some even tipped them for 1994’s World Cup in the USA. But the country’s narco mayhem would come crashing down on the squad long before the tournament began. And for the nation’s captain, a tall, stoic defender from Medellin they called ‘The Gentleman’, one on-field mistake would have fatal consequences back home.

Featuring gunned-down referees, a deadly cross-country rivalry, Pepes, Pablo and a kidnap-mediating, scorpion-kicking goalkeeper.

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Released:
Feb 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not. Underworld Podcast Store: shop.podcastone.com/underworld