In both cases, strict prohibition has taken away resources from treatment for addiction and abuse, overburdened court systems and jails, fostered corruption in law enforcement, propped up organized crime and even, some argue, created a damaging disrespect for the rule of law. Read more >. During a DEA raid in 2007, agents forced their way into a mobile home in California, allegedly shouting obscenities and pointing their guns at the heads of the 11- and 14-year-old girls asleep in the home. Rather than doing so under Escobar's orders, M19 attacked the Palace of Justice after President Betancur violated a ceasefire agreement with the group. This was seen as a coup for Vargas. FARC fighters were trained by both the Soviet Union and the IRA (via Telegraph). The Man Who Captures Criminals for the D.E.A. by Playing Them Despite once being the biggest rebel group in Colombia, FARC is curiously absent from Narcos. Although Murphy was sent out to ID the body at which point he took his infamous photo of Escobar's corpse Pablo had already been dead for a while when he arrived. The DEA once tried to ban pacifiers and glow sticks, claiming they were "drug paraphernalia. But the real Murphy at least felt she was a willing part of the narco lifestyle, telling The Hollywood Reporter, "She knew, just like his mother, what he was doing. The real-life Colonel Carrillo was Colonel Hugo Martinez. The. Read more >, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Forrest N. Leamon was killed on October 26, 2009, when the U.S. military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint counternarcotics mission in western Afghanistan. After a federal tax rate of 22% has been taken out, Dea Agents could expect to have a take-home pay of $58,011/year, with each paycheck equaling approximately $2,417 *. DEA operatives Steve Murphy and Javier F. Pea tell the true story of how they helped put an end to one of the world's most infamous narco-terrorists in Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobarthe subject of the hit Netflix series, Narcos. Local DEA officials could not recall any Los Angeles-based agent ever having been killed. The agents gave the drugs to an informant, who sold them and sent at least $1 million in profits to the agents over five years. He was 32 years of age at the time of his death. Based on the real rebel-turned-drug-dealer-turned-paramilitary Diego Murillo Bejarano, Don Berna is portrayed by Mauricio Cujar as not just being connected to the narco-world but also having a long-standing relationship with Agent Pena. Read more >, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Terry Watson was murdered on June 21, 2013, during a robbery attempt in Bogota, Colombia. Meet the DEA Special Agents Who Helped Bring Down Pablo Escobar Adam Janos Special agents Javier Pea and Steve Murphy sitting in front of the entrance to Pablo Escobar's "prison cell" at La Catedral immediately after Escobar's escape.
